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Teresa King
Retired Sergeant Major in the US Army
Teresa L. King (born 1961) is a retired sergeant major in the United States Army. She was the first female commandant of the United States Army Drill Sergeant School at Fort Jackson, South Carolina.[1]
Early life
King was born in Clinton, North Carolina, in 1961,[2] the eighth of twelve children.
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Her father was a sharecropper who grew cucumbers and tobacco.[3]
Army career
King enlisted in the United States Army in 1980 and went to Basic Combat Training and Advanced Individual Training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina.
After training, King's first assignment was as a postal clerk in the 139th Postal Company located in Stuttgart, Germany.[4]
She volunteered for two years of drill sergeant duty and graduated from the United States Army Drill Sergeant School.[5] She was later assigned to 5th Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, at Fort Dix, New Jersey.
She later served as the