In real life, Jon Huertas is an Air Force veteran. Many of his TV and movie credits are of characters with active or past Marine background: Ramirez, a Marine Recon sniper spotter in
JAG: Alerta roja (1995), Recon Marine Sergeant Espera in
Generation Kill (2008), NYPD Homicide detective and former Special Forces Javier Esposito in
Castle (2009), and retired Marine Sergeant Jack Kale in
Navy: Investigación criminal (2003).
