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A Day in Dad's Life

Gold Star family members Airman 1st Class Zachary Rodriguez poses with his mother, Laura Rodriguez, far left, and sisters Malorie and Charlie at the Military Working Dog Teams National Monument at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, on Dec. 21, 2022. Rodriguez is an F-35 mechanical apprentice crew chief for the 61st Aircraft Maintenance Unit at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz. He spent the day with military working dog trainers from the 341st Training Squadron to learn how his father served the nation. Rodriguez’s father, Army Sgt. 1st Class Gregory Rodriguez, was a special operations dog handler. He was killed in Ana Kalay, Afghanistan, on Sept. 2, 2008.

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