DOMINICAN REPUBLIC (April 28, 2025) U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Rafael Rodriguez, the command senior enlisted leader of U.S. Southern Command, provides opening remarks during a commencement ceremony at the School of Infantry for the Enlisted Military of the Dominican Republic April 28, 2025. Service members from the United States and the Dominican Republic engaged in a weeklong subject matter expert exchange between enlisted military leaders. U.S. service members from Southern Command, the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, out of Fort Moore, Georgia, and the U.S. Army’s Noncommissioned Leadership Center of Excellence out of Fort Bliss, Texas, led a course alongside Dominican noncommissioned officers on the professional development of enlisted military members and career progression. Rodriguez is a native of Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.