Biography: Ray Mendoza is an American military technical advisor and film producer. He joined the Navy in 1997 and served for over 16 years as a Member of Seal Team 5 and as a Land Warfare Training Detachment and BUD/S instructor. Mendoza was introduced to filmmaking while performing in Act of Valor (2012), and went on to serve as a military advisor on Peter Berg's Lone Survivor (2013). Since then, he has worked both in front of and behind the camera on multiple projects.