Command Sergeant Major (CSM) Damon Oliver

Command Sergeant Major Damon Oliver enlisted in the California Army National Guard in October 1993. He received his Basic Training and Advanced Individual Training at Fort Knox, Kentucky and graduated as a small wheel-vehicle mechanic. He has deployed in support of K-FOR in 2004-2005, Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2008-2009, and then Qatar for Operation Spartan Shield.
CSM Oliver assumed responsibility as Command Sergeant Major for the 578TH Brigade Engineer Battalion in May 2018. Before taking his role as the CSM, he was the Operations Sergeant Major, 1-143D FA Battalion. On the civilian side, CSM Oliver works full-time as a Military Regional Liaison Manager for a staffing firm in Orange, CA.
CSM Oliver’s awards and decorations include the Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal, and the Army Achievement Medal.
He has attended every level of the Noncommissioned Officer Education System, completed the Master Trainer Course, and is a graduate of the University of Maryland, University College, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Social Science.
CSM Oliver is married to his soul mate of 18 years Heather Rivers-Oliver and he is a proud father of three kids, Brittney, Damon, and Kaley.

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specialist (SPC)  Casey  Crocker

SPC Casey Crocker is an alumni of Southeast Academy High School, Class of 2018. Casey has been working with WLP since the fall of 2019. Under his tutelage Jr. Cadets learn the SEA ways. Casey has a dream of being a career soldier since he was a boy. He attended AIT training at Fort Benning, GA as an infantryman in the CA National Guard in 2020. PFC Crocker's awards and decorations include the Army Achievement Medal.  He just recently went on deployment to Europe and will return in the Fall.