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Archive Home > 2009 > September > 22 > ‘I see a soldier’

‘I see a soldier’

You’d expect the Army’s first female top drill sergeant to be imposing ... and you’d be right

By James Dao / The Bulletin
September 22, 2009

FORT JACKSON, S.C. " It may come as no surprise that the Army's new top drill sergeant idolizes Gen. George Patton, has jumped out of planes 33 times, aces every physical training test and drives a black Corvette with "noslack" vanity plates.

But consider this: the sergeant is a....

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