Air Force Airman Gavin W. Close
Air Force Airman Gavin W. Close, 20, graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas on Thursday.
The airman completed an intensive, 7.5 week basic military training program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills. He is the son of Travis and Tina Close of Signal Mountain.
Airman Close graduated in 2021 from Signal Mountain Middle High School. He earned his Eagle Scout Award through Scouts BSA Troop 116 on Signal Mountain in 2019 which qualified him as an E2 upon graduation from Air Force BMT.
He departed from Lackland Air Force Base to the intelligence technical school for 9S100 Scientific Application Specialist in San Angelo, Texas at Good Fellow Air Force Base.