McMichael served as the director of the Staff Noncommissioned Officers Academy at Marine Corps Air Station El Toro, California from May 1989 to May 1991, after having served as the school's deputy director since August 1988.
United States Air Force | Royal Air Force | United States Marine Corps | United States Army Corps of Engineers | International Space Station | United States Army Air Forces | Royal Canadian Air Force | Indian Air Force | United States Air Force Academy | Special Air Service | station | Fleet Air Arm | Peace Corps | National Air and Space Museum | Royal Flying Corps | Royal Australian Air Force | marine | Strategic Air Command | Delta Air Lines | Air Canada | Israeli Air Force | International Air Transport Association | Air Training Command | United States Army Air Corps | French Air Force | Air National Guard | Edwards Air Force Base | Air Education and Training Command | Air France | Royal Army Medical Corps |
During his enlistment, Filfred served with Marine Corps unit MAG-46 at the former Marine Corps Air Station El Toro near Irvine, California and with the Marine Corps unit MWSS-374 at the former Marine Corps Air Station Tustin located in Tustin, California.
Located in south Orange County where the cities of Lake Forest, Laguna Hills, and Irvine converge, the interchange was named after the city (El Toro - now Lake Forest) and the now closed Marine Corps Air Station El Toro, located northeast of the interchange.
In the 1996 science fiction film Independence Day, Will Smith plays a U.S. Marine Corps pilot from VMFA-314, Captain Steven Hiller, stationed at MCAS El Toro.