The 1970s Wideworld of Sports would have taken a guy like Theodore, after his presidency, and featured him weekly on safaris, wild west camping expeditions, and Amazon River cruises. He was a nut....but he was the kind of nut that you’d want to camp with or going hunting with.
When he resigned from Sec Navy and asked to join Army they said he could be a Colonel. He said no but would like to learn from someone as a Lieutenant Colonel. So he served under Leonard Wood.
I visited TR’s home on Long Island once. Near one of the back doors there was a small gun case. In it was a .30 caliber rifle with a coke can sized suppressor on it. He had it there so his young boys could shoot river rats early in the morning without bothering the neighbors. True story