Army Reserve Pfc. Bryan B. Lutgen has graduated from Basic Combat Training at Fort Knox, Kent.

During the nine-week training period, the trainee received instruction in drill and ceremony, weapons, rifle marksmanship and bayonet training, chemical warfare, field training and tactical exercises, armed and unarmed combat, military. courtesy, military justice, physical fitness, first aid, and Army history, traditions, and core values.

He is the son of Bruce Lutgen Jr. of International Falls.
Lutgen is a 2006 graduate of Lester Prairie High School, Lester Prairie.