Kristofer B. Melton has graduated from the Army Reserve Officer Training Corps Leader Development and Assessment Course, also known as “Operation Warrior Forge,” at Fort Lewis, Tacoma, Wash.

Cadets in their junior and senior year of college must complete the leadership development course. Upon successful completion of the course, the ROTC program and graduation from college, cadets are commissioned as second lieutenants in the U.S. Army, National Guard or Reserve.

Melton is a student at Norwich University, Northfield, Vt., and

the son of Dennis M. Melton of Hidden Creek Drive, Scarborough, and Michele A. Bolle of Barters Creek, Kittery Point.