Cara Chickery Completes U.S. Space Force Basic Training

PRINCETON, N.C. – A young woman who spent much of her childhood in Princeton has completed basic military training with the United States Space Force.

Cara Chickery graduated Oct. 15 from U.S. Space Force Basic Military Training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in Texas.

Chickery completed seven and a half weeks of military instruction and physical training, earning the title of Guardian as she begins her service in the Space Force.

She is a 2025 graduate of Russell County High School in Alabama and the daughter of Garry and Laura Chickery of Seale, Alabama.

Chickery’s mother is originally from Princeton, while her father grew up in Poughkeepsie, New York.

She is also the granddaughter of John and Carolyn Wood of Princeton.