Command Sergeant Major Petra M. Casarez serves as the Senior Enlisted Leader for Defense Logistics Agency as of Sept. 18, 2025.
SGM Casarez enlisted in the Army in 1994 as a Wheeled Vehicle Mechanic and completed Basic Combat Training and Advanced Individual Training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. Since then, she has served in leadership positions from squad leader to Command Sergeant Major.
Her previous assignments include Department of the Army G-4 Sergeant Major in March 2023; G-4 SGM, 2nd Infantry Division, Camp Red Cloud, Korea from 2013-2015; BN CSM, HHBn, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Georgia from 2015-2017; BDE CSM, 403rd Army Field Support Brigade, Camp Henry, Korea, Army Sustainment Command from 2017-2018; G-3 SGM, U.S. Army Materiel Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama from 2018-2019; Ordnance CSM, U.S. Army Ordnance School, U.S. Army Combined Arms Support Command, Fort Lee, Virginia from 2019-2021; and CSM, U.S. Army Joint Munitions Command, U.S. Army Materiel Command, Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois from 2021-2023. SGM Casarez’s military education includes Basic Leader Course; Advanced Leader Course; Army Basic Instructor Course; Senior Leader Course; Drill Sergeant School; and U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy (Class 63). Her civilian education includes bachelor’s degree in management from Wayland Baptist University and master’s degree in organizational leadership from University of Texas. She is also a Master Fitness and Combatives Trainer, and a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt.
SGM Casarez is married to Mr. Tom Casarez. They have a daughter, Maya.