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Annette Bridges

Annette Bridges

Retired U.S. Army Master Sergeant who served 33 years, guest on the That Adds Up podcast

Sep 23, 2026

53:14
I would love to hear you explain what you think the difference is and where the line sometimes gets blurred between protection and control.
53:26
I was very protective of my soldiers when I deployed.
53:32
Very protective.
53:34
Um, because our first sergeant was...
53:41
He wasn't bad, but he felt like he could just pull from my section for any... 'Cause we had to do duties 'cause we were a hospital unit, so we had, you know, KP and guard duty and things like that, and he kept pulling my soldiers, and he would pull my young soldiers because they were young and they were hardy and da, da, da.
54:03
And I'm like, "Nope.
54:06
Not gonna happen." And so he was trying to control the narrative.

18 MINS LATER

72:09
Why?

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