Sam Rodriguez
speaker
26 appearances
1 recordings
1 series
first heard Mar 2025
last heard Mar 2025
Sam Rodriguez’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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That statement makes me feel... really mad, sad, everything, right? Because our nation is built on the values of freedom and service and sacrifice. My core values in the Navy are honor, courage, and commitment. And I have given nine years of honorable service with honor, courage, and commitment and integrity. I've never once received a counseling. I've never been to a disciplinary board.
I have various personal awards and awards that I received at UNITS to include the ranks and the positions that I've held. And so for you to just say that I am not adhering to all of those standards is an actual betrayal of every principle that I've sworn to defend because I do show up and I do continue to fight for the American people and also for the right to remain in service.
And so it just, I don't believe that my service is not worthy or honorable, but for that to be the narrative that they're spinning, when all of us have served honorably. Because if we weren't doing all of those things already, if we weren't meeting the standards, we would have already lost our job. Again, people leave service all the time for all sorts of reasons.
And if we weren't meeting the standards, they would have already given us our walking papers, not because we're transgender or non-binary, but because we weren't meeting the standards to uphold the missions within the military.
I am a United States Sailor. I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States of America, and I will obey the orders of those appointed over me. I represent the fighting spirit of the Navy and those who have gone before me to defend freedom and democracy around the world. I proudly serve my country's Navy Combat Team with honor, courage, and commitment.
I am committed to excellence and the fair treatment of all.
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