Passionately Wrong Podcast Episode E073

Interview - Michael Rodriguez

Key takeaway: The importance of honoring our GWOT Service Members

Topics covered in this video:

• How Rod came to join the military, the motivation to become a Green Beret
• Serving in Somalia and understanding what the U.S. military stands for
• Randy talks about his motives to join and his path to the Special Forces
• Rod training on red eyes (Stingers) and what happens when you shoot a plane
• Rod describes his Delta training
• Studying Spanish and other languages
• Serving with Rocky Deaver
• Surviving an ID blast, head injuries and vision problems
• Sniper training
• Medical retirement, PTSD, chemical dependency
• Serving as President Bush’s advisor on post-9/11 veterans and their families in 2015
• Serving as CEO of the Global War on Terrorism Memorial Foundation
• Navigating complexity for approval to build a national GWoT Memorial in Washington, DC
• A new law authorizing the memorial to be built on the Mall
• What Rod wants to see the Memorial remind citizens of

Resources in this video

https://www.gwotmemorialfoundation.org/

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