Air Force Airman Mark A. Gonzalez has 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.

Gonzalez earned distinction as an honor graduate.

He is the son of Rosaura Rincon of St. Helena, Calif., and Eduardo Valdez of Napa, Calif.

The airman is a 2009 graduate of Middletown High School in Middletown, Calif.