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U.S. Army’s Female Drill Sergeants have trained Soldiers for over 40 years. The first six female students to complete drill sergeant school began training Soldiers in 1972, after receiving ...
FORT JACKSON, S.C. (AP) -- Few women make it into the ranks of the Army's top drill sergeants, even fewer when they face the challenge of being a single parent. But there they are, running fresh ...
When Fort Leonard Wood found itself short on female drill sergeants, they turned to the one Army organization that could help -- the Army Reserve. To help fill the vacancies, 20 Army Reserve ...
Nationwide, the number of female drill sergeants in the Army has climbed to 490 out of 2,100. That ratio is also rising at Fort Leonard Wood. The percentage at the base since 1996: ...
Command Sgt. Maj. Teresa King, who on Thursday relinquished command of the Army’s Drill Sergeant School at Fort Jackson, says she will stay in the Army and try to repair her reputation.
On Tuesday, the Army will make Command Sgt. Maj. Teresa L. King, 48, commandant of its drill sergeant school here. It is a first: No woman has run one of the Army’s rigorous schools for drill ...
COLUMBIA, S.C. | The first woman to command the Army’s drill sergeant training took legal action Monday to reclaim her job, saying she was improperly suspended last year because of sexism and ...
The Army has suspended Sgt. Maj. Teresa King, the first woman to lead its drill sergeant school, while it investigates an undisclosed personnel matter, the service said Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011 ...
Few women make it into the ranks of the Army's top drill sergeants, even fewer when they face the challenge of being a single parent. But there they are, running fresh recruits through the gruel ...
COLUMBIA, S.C. – The Army is replacing the first female commander of its prestigious drill sergeant school, it announced Wednesday, just days after it lifted her unexplained six-month suspension ...
A soldier who had served as a drill sergeant at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., was convicted Wednesday of numerous counts of sexual assault and other crimes for his mistreatment of women in the Army ...
The first woman to head the Army’s Drill Sergeant School at Fort Jackson has filed suit against the government, contending she was the target of racial and sexual discrimination.