Byron Rodgers: The IED That Killed Him & His Conversation with God | AJ Buckley Show

Byron Rodgers: The IED That Killed Him & His Conversation with God | AJ Buckley Show

From AJ Buckley Show by AJ Buckley

September 1, 2026 · 1h 9m · Season 1 · Episode 40

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Byron Rodgers shares his life-changing experience after being injured in Iraq and his profound conversation with God.

What happens when a Marine Corps infantryman gets blown up by an IED in Iraq, leaves his body, and has a conversation with God that changes everything? This week on The AJ Buckley Show, AJ sits down with Byron Rodgers, a man whose life reads like something out of a movie, except every single word of it is true. Byron opens up about growing up between two worlds, spending summers in the Bahamas spearfishing with his father and winters in Washington state with his mother, building self reliance and dexterity from a young age. He shares the story of hearing God's voice for the first time at five years old, following divine instructions that saved his family from an assassination attempt, and how that moment planted a seed of faith that would carry him through the darkest valleys of his life. In 2004, Byron joined the Marine Corps infantry as an 0351 assault man with 3-1 Lima Company Weapons Platoon, the legendary unit that set Fallujah back seven years in time. He walked into a unit of hardened warriors fresh from Fallujah, a place he describes as juvenile hall meets Lord of the Flies, where the real education began. Byron takes AJ through the invasion of Haditha, the eerie sound of…

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