Army 2nd Lt. Weston D. Amaya has graduated from the Army Basic Officer Leader Course at Fort Benning, Columbus, Ga.

The training is designed to ensure a tough, standardized, small-unit leadership experience for officers.

The primary mission of the course is to develop and produce adaptive officers with increased maturity, confidence and competence that share a common bond with their combined arms peers and are prepared to lead small units upon arrival at their first assignment.

Amaya has served in the military for one year.

The lieutenant's mother, Lori A. Amaya, resides in Bullard.

In 2002, Amaya graduated from Bullard High School, and received a bachelor's degree in 2007 from Sam Houston State University, Huntsville.