The Ellis County Press: Serving Country: Joshua W. Adams Serving Country: Joshua W. Adams ================================================================================ Editor on 02/17/2011 19:31:00 WAXAHACHIE - Army Pfc. Joshua W. Adams has graduated from Basic Combat Training at Fort Sill in Lawton, Okla. During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission and received instruction and training exercises in drill and ceremonies, Army history, core values and traditions, military courtesy, military justice, physical fitness, first aid, rifle marksmanship, weapons use, map reading and land navigation, foot marches, armed and unarmed combat and field maneuvers and tactics. He is the son of Mitchel and Sue Adams of Eubanks Road, Maypearl, Texas. Adams graduated in 2005 from Waxahachie High School and received an associate degree in 2006 from Lincoln Tech in Grand Prairie.