CPT Mitxel Totorica

CPT Mitzel Totorica is an instructor in the Department of Physical Education at the United States Military Academy (USMA). Duties include serving as the officer in charge for the West Point parachute team and second regimental guidance officer.

The Boise, Idaho, native graduated from USMA in 2015 with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering. Commissioned as an aviation officer, he obtained his CH-47 aircraft rating in 2017.

CPT Totorica served as a platoon leader in B Company, 3-82 GSAB, at Fort Liberty, North Carolina. He led his platoon through diverse missions in North Carolina and two rotations at the Joint Readiness Training Center, planning and executing missions while training and mentoring soldiers. 

In 2019, he attended the Marine Corps Expeditionary Warfare School at Quantico, Virginia. After completing EWS in 2020, CPT Totorica served as an assistant operations officer in 3-25 AVN REGT, Wheeler Army Airfield, Hawaii, responsible for planning aviation operations supporting the 25th Infantry Division. In 2021, he took command of B Company, 3-25 AVN REGT. As Hillclimber 6, he led a company of 70 soldiers supporting the 25th Infantry Division and joint partners in Hawaii. He oversaw company readiness, mission planning, execution, and aircraft maintenance.

After command, CPT Totorica earned a master’s degree in kinesiology from Texas A&M University and now teaches aquatics, unit fitness, alpine skiing, and badminton/pickleball. 

He is married to Chelsea Totorica and they have two children, Ada and Ivy.