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Sept. 4, 2025 – Rodríguez, a former Green Beret soldier and medic with 10 deployments under his belt and plenty of scars to show for it, including PTSD, traumatic brain injuries, vision issues, and what he’s called a “chemical dependency,” though, per his Instagram, Rodríguez is now sober. His war record—complemented by his friendship with former President George W. Bush, who bonded with Rodríguez while oil-painting his portrait—makes him a seemingly perfect steward for his generation’s war memorial. But there’s another part of his biography that makes Rodríguez an exemplar: He, like so many others, spent time at Fort Bragg, America’s largest military base. Rodríguez trained to be a Green Beret at Bragg, then concluded his career there teaching sniper skills to fledgling special operators. The 251-square-mile installation is in a landlocked part of North Carolina that’s peppered with prickly pine woods, cookie-cutter housing developments, and strip malls…
