Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. U.S. Army drill sergeants encourage a trainee on the first day of Basic Combat Training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. (Spc.

Male and female drill sergeants will all wear the same iconic campaign hat, after surveys by the U.S. Army.

FORT JACKSON, S.C. (AP) – The first female commandant of the Army’s elite drill sergeant school, who had been suspended for a time by the Army, has bid a tearful farewell to supporters, students and ...