Garcia is a former Marine helicopter pilot. He had flown an AH-1 HueyCobra for the US Marine Corps, as revealed in the film adaptation Reno 911!: Miami. He is divorced and has a daughter, who he has not seen in several years. In one episode, the other deputies hire a stripper to pretend to be his daughter in order to cheer him up (suggesting that he has no idea what his daughter looks like).