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My Red October – An Army Veteran’s Crucible to Recovery

Mad in America

Diana Rodriguez in Bagram, Afghanistan, 2012 The scene above played out in October 2022 at my family’s home just outside of Fort Liberty, North Carolina where I’d been stationed in the Army years earlier. M y brother Jesse sat next to me on the couch in my living room. Two police officers stood inside my entryway, watching us. My mind raced.