Westmoreland to include women in the drill sergeant program. In February 1972, six NCOs from the Women's Army Corps at Fort McClellan, Ala., were enrolled in the drill sergeant program at Fort ...

Drill sergeants now minimize their use of profanity, insults and degrading remarks and strive to become support figures for trainees. Soldiers learn breathing exercises and holistic nutrition.

She was a taciturn woman who – despite a drill sergeant-like leadership style – never spoke about her time in the army, according to her daughter, Betty Schuler. “Had it not been for me ...