FROM STAFF REPORTS

Army 2nd Lt. Westby P. Anderson has graduated from the U.S. Army Ranger School at Fort Benning in Columbus, Ga., with authorization to wear the distinctive Ranger Tab.

Anderson, an infantry officer, has served in the military for one year.

He is the son of Phillip C. and Lisa Anderson of Birmingham.

In 2003, Anderson graduated from Briarwood Christian High School and received a bachelor’s degree from Auburn University in 2007