In a file photo, Esasha LeBlanc, an Army drill sergeant at Fort Jackson, S.C., has lunch with her daughter and son at a daycare facility on base. Few women make the ranks of the Army’s top drill sergeants, even fewer when they face the challenge of being a single parent.

First published in the October 11, 2011, 7:16 p.m. edition

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