E073: Michael Rodriguez and the GWOT Memorial
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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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