{"id":29743,"date":"2012-04-30T14:20:12","date_gmt":"2012-04-30T18:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=29743"},"modified":"2012-04-30T14:20:12","modified_gmt":"2012-04-30T18:20:12","slug":"sgm-teresa-king-fights-back-for-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=29743","title":{"rendered":"SGM Teresa King fights back for job"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first female commandant of the drill sergeant academy at Fort Jackson, SCM Teresa King is taking legal action to get her job restored, according to the Stars & Stripes\/Associated Press<\/a>. We talked about it here<\/a>, and the conversation sparks up every now and again over there.<\/p>\n

Command Sgt. Maj. Teresa King still does not know what exactly her superiors were investigating when they suspended her Nov. 29, according to her attorney, James Smith. He said the Army has declined to say specifically what it was looking into, beyond a general statement that it involved her conduct.<\/p>\n

Smith on Monday filed a legal complaint with the Army against two of King’s superiors, and wants to have King reinstated to her position. Smith is also asking South Carolina’s two senior members of Congress, Sen. Lindsey Graham and Rep. James Clyburn, for a congressional probe of King’s treatment.<\/p>\n

Army officials said they wanted to study the complaint first before commenting.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I can understand that she wants answers, but, I doubt that I’d try to get my job back if it meant working for the same people who fired me. Once Big Army sets their sights on you, you can’t get out of range fast enough. <\/p>\n

[King’s deputy, SGM Robert Maggard] said that even though only one former commandant of the drill sergeant school out of about a half dozen had been deployed to a combat zone in the past, much was made of the fact that King had not been deployed in combat. Those who serve in a combat zone are allowed to put a special patch on their uniform.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Well, when you’re training the people who are training other people to go to war, it seems to me that she should have nearly broke her legs getting to a combat assignment. I’m not a big fan of sergeant majors anyway, but one who sits out more than ten years of combat in the world is kind of suspicious. that’s one reason they need to get rid of that “staff sergeant major” bullshit. lead or get out of the way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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