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Brittany Simmons spent 24 years in the United States Army. She’s a graduate of and has taught at West Point Military Academy and she’s been deployed to Iraq twice. The first time she was a platoon leader in charge of 32 Military Police Soldiers who experienced a lot of up-close and personal combat. Her soldiers were the first responders to the 2009 mass shooting at Fort Hood, TX. She now works as a leadership coach using the lessons she learned as a military leader to help strengthen other leaders across different industries.
Topics Addressed:
- What’s it like to be a Christian in the military?
- What does it look like to make friends as a woman in a male-dominated field?
- How has been in the Army made you a better wife and a better mother?
- What are some of the top leadership lessons you’ve learned from military service?
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