The Author:
1SG Daryl S. Roddy
- 2 Overseas Assignments
- 3 Combat Deployments
- BSEM Bachelor of Science in Emergency & Disaster Management
A career spent watching plans
meet reality.
Daryl S. Roddy is a retired United States Army First Sergeant, emergency management professional, and author whose work focuses on leadership, crisis management, and the lessons history continues to teach. After serving more than 27 years in the U.S. Army—including multiple combat deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan—Roddy built a career centered on logistics, organizational leadership, and emergency operations. Following retirement, he continued his work in emergency management while earning advanced education in Emergency & Disaster Management.
Experience At A Glance
- 27+ Years of Military Leadership
- Combat Veteran
- Emergency Management Professional
- Author
- Disaster Researcher
Core principles.
Three words. Everything else is negotiable.
Accountability
Own the outcome. Not the excuse, not the caveat, not the memo trail.
Preparation
You do not rise to the occasion — you fall to your level of training.
Execution
Intent without action is theater. History remembers what you did, not what you meant.
The logistics discipline.
A lifelong student of history, Roddy became fascinated by one recurring question: Why do disasters that seem unavoidable often begin with mistakes that were entirely preventable? That question became the foundation of After Action: Lessons from the Worst Disasters in History.
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