EARLY Pvt. Noraé Elizabeth Early of Washington-Wilkes, a member of D Company, 1-48 Infantry Battalion (War Dawgs), has completed training and will graduate Thursday, September 3, at Baker Theater, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.

Family members attending the ceremony will be her guardian uncle and aunt, Johnny and Elizabeth Hill; her brother, Marcus Early; greataunt, Annie Cox; and Felecia Cox of Atlanta.

Early is a 2009 graduate of Washington Wilkes Comprehensive High School. She is a member of the Faith Christian Center Church of Washington and will be doing her Advanced Infantry Training (AIT) in Fort Jackson, S.C.