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"We are more proud of you than you will ever know," his mother posted on Facebook. "You have come so far in such a short time. I can't wait to see the brother, son and soldier you will become!"
Banning will remain in Fort Benning for the three week Army parachutist course, during which he'll make five jumps from various aircraft to earn his basic parachutist badge, then he'll leave for his duty station with the 82nd Airborne, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, where he'll pack away the black beret for the maroon beret of the Army airborne.