Army National Guard Pfc. Shaunderrah J. Pickett has graduated from the Light-wheeled Vehicle Mechanic Advanced Individual Training (AIT) course at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C.

The course is designed to train soldiers to perform maintenance, troubleshoot, and repair wheeled vehicles and related mechanical components, which include internal combustion engines and power trains, spark- and compression-ignition engines, wheel-hub assemblies, hydraulic-power brakes, suspension and steering systems, and learned to operate a wheeled vehicle crane, hoist, and winch assembly.

Pickett is the son of Karen Bonkright of Senoia, Ga. and Carleton R. Criss of Lancaster, S.C.

He is a 2005 graduate of East Coweta High School, Sharpsburg, Ga.

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