November 9th, 2012 at 7:43 am » Comments (2)

I was reading in a recent Army Times an update about what is going on with the whole Command Sergeant Major Teresa King scandal.  I could not find the article on the Army Times webpage so it is likely hidden behind the pay wall.  However, I was able to find an excerpt from the article on the Military Times forums: Sgt. Maj. Teresa King, the first female boss of the Army Drill Sergeant School, is aggressively fighting her removal, saying she was punished for following orders to enforce standards at
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May 18th, 2012 at 5:05 pm » Comments (44)

As reported a couple of weeks ago the US Army reinstated the controversial CSM Teresa King just to remove her: The Army decided to formally replace its first female drill sergeant commandant, Command Sgt. Maj. Teresa King, only days after it lifted a six-month suspension placed on her, according to the Associated Press. The announcement on Wednesday also said there will be a change of command ceremony the next day at the prestigious Army Drill Sergeants School at Fort Jackson, S.C.  [Stars & Stripes] As I have stated before she probably
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May 5th, 2012 at 5:56 am » Comments (47)

Via a reader tip comes news that CSM Teresa King has been reinstated as the commandant of the US Army’s Drill Sergeant School: The first female boss at the Army’s prestigious drill sergeant school is getting her job back. Command Sgt. Maj. Teresa King took legal action against the service, claiming she was improperly suspended in November because of sexism and racism. Attorney James Smith said King will be reinstated as commandant at the drill sergeant school at Fort Jackson in south Carolina. The Associated Press reported Monday that King
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May 1st, 2012 at 4:23 pm » Comments (27)

The story about the removal of CSM Teresa King as the Commandant of the US Army’s Drill Sergeant School has taken a predictable turn: The first woman to command the Army’s drill sergeant training took legal action Monday to reclaim her job, alleging she was improperly suspended last year because of sexism and racism and demanding that two of her superiors be investigated for abuse of their authority. Command Sgt. Maj. Teresa King still does not know what exactly her superiors were investigating when they suspended her Nov. 29, according
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December 21st, 2011 at 3:50 am » Comments (226)

Here is something interesting, the first female commandant of the US Army’s Drill Sergeant School has been suspended pending an investigation that the Army has not disclosed the subject.  However, here is what I found most interesting from the Stars & Stripes article announcing her suspension: King, 50, was appointed as the commandant of the drill sergeant school at Fort Jackson, S.C., in 2009 to the accompaniment of wide media attention. The daughter of a sharecropper who rose through the Army’s enlisted ranks, King had earned a reputation among her
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