Marine Corps combat veteran Davis Aguila is a native of Cleveland, Ohio. He enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 2003. Assigned to the 2nd Marine Division, he served in the 3rd Battalion, 8th Marines based out of Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. He deployed to Haiti with Operation Secure Tomorrow followed by two consecutive deployments in Iraq. Davis served an additional three years in the Reserves. During this time, he traveled to Quantico, Virginia to train Reserve Marines in convoy formations, vehicle and personnel searches and S.W.A.T. tactics.