She received an apology from the school's commandant this spring, five months after she filed her complaint.
The tough, wiry, charismatic daughter of a North Carolina sharecropper, Sergeant Major King gained international recognition when she was named the school's first female commandant in 2009.
Sergeant Major King has maintained a high profile since 2009, when she was named commandant of the school at Fort Jackson, S.C., that oversees the training of drill sergeants for the entire Army.
Now, just a week from the scheduled end of her tour as commandant of the school, located here at Fort Jackson, and three months from mandatory retirement, Sergeant Major King, 50, is making clear that she is not ready to go quietly.
The commandant of the school commended Middleton for work of exceptional merit, and sent his ideas to the highest levels in the War Department.
Hiring Jane Lynch as the school's power shake-wielding cheerleading commandant, Sue, was was a masterstroke.
Impressed with the plan, a military officer recommended Monge to the commandant of the aristocratic military school of Mézières, where he was accepted as a draftsman.
Her lawyer, James Smith, said she would return to her job as commandant of the drill sergeant school at Fort Jackson, the nation's largest military training installation.
Teresa L. King as commandant of its drill sergeant school at Fort Jackson, S.C., six months after suspending her under a cloud.
WASHINGTON — The first female commandant of the Army's school for drill sergeants has been suspended from her job and is under investigation, an Army spokesman said on Wednesday.
