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Staff Sergeant Monte L. Gould, a 59-year-old veteran, graduated from Army boot camp in the top 10 percent of his class.
This is the second time that Staff Sgt. Gould has graduated from Army basic training. His first time was in 1978, when he first entered the military. He initially served in the Marine Corps, then in the Army National Guard with a Civil Affairs unit, with which he deployed to Afghanistan, and finally finished off his enlistment with a stint to a Psychological Operations unit.
In 2009, Gould left the military, only three years away from retirement, to spend more time with his family and pursue a career in law enforcement.
Monte Gould, 59, is the oldest person to ever graduate from this version of the Army’s basic combat training. When Gould decided to reenlist in the armed forces he was shocked to learn that he had to once again complete boot camp and decided he was up for the challenge.
Fifty-nine-year-old Marine and Army Reserves veteran, Staff Sgt. Monte Gould graduated from Basic Combat Training with the 1st Battalion 34th Infantry Regiment Aug. 27, making him the oldest individual to complete this version of the BCT (but not the oldest to complete BCT ever. In 1999, a 68-year-old entered Basic Training). Not only did Gould complete BCT, but he finished in the top 10% of his training cycle. Gould’s unit cadre said his “candor, leadership expertise and technical proficiency are unmatched.”