Air Force Airman Joshua Sheard graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas.

The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills. Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force.

Sheard is the son of Tammy Sheard of Lynnwood, Wash. and Offie Sheard of Fredericksburg, Va. He is a 2012 graduate of Lynnwood High School in Bothell, Wash.