California American Legion
Area 6, District 16
Officers 2026-2027
Chris “Big Toe” Rohrberg
Commander
Chris “Big Toe” Rohrberg is a retired Sergeant Major with over 30 years’ service with the
U.S. Army and California Army National Guard. He has deployed to Turkey, Kosovo and
Iraq; been station at Ft. Jackson, SC; Ft. Gordon, GA, Ft. Bragg, NC, Ft. Campbell, KY
and served at multiple locations across California. Currently with the Department of
California he is serving as American Legion Riders Commissioner for Area 6, 1st Vice
Commander for District 16, Commander, Post 50 and Vice Director/Treasurer, Chapter
50 in Paso Robles. He is also the Chaplain and Veteran Resource Officer for Veterans
of Foreign Wars Post 2814 in Atascadero.
Joe Skoda
1st Vice Commander
(biography pending)
Brian Velasquez
2nd Vice Commander
(biography pending)
Joseph Benton
Adjutant
Joseph Benton served 8 years in the Marines and was a Combat Correspondent during Operation Desert Shield and Storm. Having served 5 years as a disbursing clerk, he trained on-the-job and on-the-air at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, hosting a radio show in the noon hour and running the AFRTS on-air television station on weekends. He earn the broadcast journalist MOS and also attended the prestigious Defense Information School (DINFOS) to formalize his training; while attending DINFOS, he carried the Marine Corps colors for the honor guard at the Indianapolis 500.
Paragon
Finance Officer
(biography pending)
Leonard LaFebre
Chaplain
(biography pending)
Janice Somers
Judge Advocate
(biography pending)
Greg Somers
Historian
(biography pending)