Army Pvt. Matthew S. Rackett has graduated from Basic Combat training at Fort Sill, Lawton, Oklahoma. The private is a 2003 graduate of Plainedge Senior High School, North Massapequa.

During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission and received instruction and training exercises in drill and ceremonies, Army history, core values and traditions, military courtesy, military justice, physical fitness, first aid, rifle marksmanship, weapons use, map reading and land navigation, foot marches, armed and unarmed combat, and field maneuvers and tactics.

Rackett is the son of Thomas and Lauren Rackett of North Massapequa.