Command Sergeant Major Garcia enlisted in the Army Reserve in Puerto Rico in 1977. He served 31 years in the Army Reserves and the Active Guard Reserves. Command Sergeant Major Garcia served as the Defense Commissary Agency’s (DeCA) senior enlisted advisor to the Director. He was responsible for advising the DeCA Director on the needs of enlisted service members related to the commissary benefit and serving as the agency liaison with the senior enlisted chiefs of the armed services.

While assigned to the only Mortuary Affairs battalion in the Army structure as an Operations Sergeant, Command Sergeant Major Garcia deployed the 311th Quartermaster Company in less than 72 hours to support victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attack on the Pentagon. The 311th remained on active duty for one year, assigned to Fort Myer and Fort Gregg-Adams, Va.

Command Sergeant Major Garcia has served as a reserve liaison for the 65th Regional Readiness Command in Puerto Rico, the U.S. Army Reserve Command in Atlanta, GA., and the Mortuary Affairs Center at Fort Lee. He also served in Kuwait, supporting Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom as the G 4 (Logistics) Sergeant Major for the 1st Theater Sustainment Command from Fort Bragg, N.C.