CA 33-11 Officers

Fernando "Slap Chop" Castillo, FM 31743, Joined the United States Air Force in 2000 and is still active duty. Slap Chop, an esteemed Master Sergeant in the USAF, boasts a distinguished career spanning over 23 years of dedicated service. Throughout his tenure, he has excelled in numerous leadership positions across squadrons, wings, numbered air forces, and major commands. Notably, he has proudly contributed to the missions such as Operations Enduring Freedom, Iraqi Freedom, Freedoms Sentinels, and Inherent Resolve during his deployments.

Hernan Rodriguez "Dragon", FM 24973

Gunnery Sergeant (Ret) joined the United States Marine Corps after high school as an Infantry Assaultman. He specialized in Small Unit Tactics, Anti-Armor Operations, Demolitions, and Command Center Ops. He served domestically performing Joint Task Force 6 Anti-Narcotics Missions and was part of the QRF after 9/11 for all contingencies west of the Mississippi. In 2003, he deployed to Iraq as part of the 1st Marine Division's "March Up" and Liberation of Iraq. He led the column of 2nd Bn 23d Marines from the Kuwait Line of Departure into Iraq, followed by combat ops. Upon joining Marine Corps Installations West, he became the Emergency Ops Center Chief in charge of training and real world events. His last post was the Ops Chief of Marine Force Pacific Command Ops Center for the Korean peninsula. Dragon joined the CVMA in 2020. He is very involved with VFW Post 10978 and is a CIF Champion Mission College Prep Football Coach.

Joshua Miller "Hooker", FM 24975, was born and raised in Nipomo, California. He joined the United States Army in Nov 1999 as a CH-47D Medium Helicopter Mechanic, He went to basic training at Fort Benning, Ga., AIT completed at Ft Eustiss, VA and then stationed at Ft Bragg, NC and Fort Wainwright, AK. He deployed to Iraq in July 2005, left active duty in July 2006 and spent a year in the California National Guard, then joined the Air force Reserve out of March AFB, Ca. He left the Air force reserve in August 2011. He then worked as a civilian contractor in Afghanistan for five years as a helicopter mechanic. He currently works as Helicopter Mechanic. He joined CVMA ® in July 2020 with 33-4 and is also heavily involved with the SLO County VFW, Welcome Home Military Heroes and Honor flight.