DNA Keto

Our guest this week is a close friend of ours who was born in Eugene Oregon on December 7th, 1951, the youngest of twins and 5th of 6 boys. He moved to Memphis Tennessee in 1952 (which is where he got his ya’ll) where he lived for the next 13 years. During that time his mother’s alcoholism tok over her life and he and his brothers were left pretty much on their own without guidance. They all managed not to kill themselves or each other somehow. Needless to say their diets all sucked. Fast and junk food were the order of the day for every meal. The schools served Hot dogs and PBJ sandwiches everyday for lunch. In 1968 his mother left but left them with his Step Father who was ill prepared to care for 3 young boys. He arranged through his Grand Mother to put them in Boys Town until his father could come from Oregon to get him about a year later. He graduated from Bend Sr. High School in 1970 and joined the US Army on Sept 1st, 1972 as a Private (E1). After Basic Training at Fort Ord in California and Advanced Individual Training (AIT) at Fort Huachuca Arizona, he served initial enlisted assignment in the 2nd Armored Division Artillery at Fort Hood Texas under Gen George Patton Jr. 32 years later (and 3 inches shorter) he retired as a Chief Warrant Officer Five after working his way to Staff Sergeant and then from Warrant Officer One. The pinnacle of his 32 year Army Carreer was as the first Chief Warrant Officer of the Field Artillery. Since Retiring in Sep 2004 he has worked as an Employee of a Defense Contractor under an Army Weather System and completed his Bachelors of Science Degree in Business Administration. For the last 7 years he’s worked as an IT Specialist for Region 2 of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. He helps keep the people working that help people and local and tribal governments recover from the various Natural Disasters that have occurred over the last 7 + years on the East Coast, PR and the USVI.

He has one of the most interesting backgrounds of anyone I know, and he has done it all--dozens of marathons, several serious and debilitating injuries, but he keeps bouncing back. I have worked with Rodger for over a year and what strikes me about him most is a few things. 1) his dedication to his training and nutrition, 2) his great attitude, despite the setbacks 3) his generosity and kind nature, and lastly, 4) his insatiable appetite for learning. We are gonna get into a ton of interesting topics today so welcome to the show, our great friend Rodger Padgett!