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e may perhaps be best known as Miguel on NBCs Emmy, Golden Globe and SAG Award-winning family drama, This Is Us. Yet actor and Air Force veteran Jon Huertas is no stranger to bringing his real-life military experience to other roles as well. For eight seasons, Huertas starred as detective and Army veteran Javier Esposito in the ABC series, Castle . He also appeared as Ramirez, a Marine Recon Sniper Spotter, in JAG, and retired Marine Sergeant Jack Kale, in NCIS . A pivotal role for Huertas was in David Simons HBO miniseries, Generation Kill , as Sgt. Tony Poke Espera. The series offered a unique perspective on the 2003 invasion of Iraq - an event that hit home for Huertas, who served an eight-year stint in the Air Force in both Operation Just Cause (Panama) and Desert Storm (the first war in Iraq) as an aircraft nuclear/conventional weapons specialist. Bringing even more veteran diversity and inclusivity to the film and television industry is on the actors radar and also part of his latest venture.
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Master Sgt. Brandon Hannasch, flight chief, Basic Officer Course, guides actor Jon Huertas as he lays down a burst of suppressive fire from an M249 machine gun during a simulated assault at Camp Bullis. This Is Us "The Big Day" Episode 112 -- Pictured: (l-r) John Huertas as Miguel, Milo Ventimiglia as Jack
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