Kindle finishes basic training as Honor Grad

When Malta’s Kori Kindle enlisted in the Montana Army National Guard in the summer of 2015, she knew she would excel in at least one of the aspects of basic training.

“I knew I would max everything,” she said of the physical aspects of training. “I trained a lot before I went there. I enlisted in June of 2015 and that’s when I realized what I would have to do to pass the PT (physical training) test so I trained until I left, which was in February.”

That hard work paid off and following the completion of basic training, Kindle was named as Honor Grad in her platoon. To Achieve H...