Army Renta

Army Renta
Name:	Armando Renta
Alias:	Army
Affiliation:	Los Angeles Police Department United States Marine Corps
Profession:	Detective
Status:	Alive
Played by:	Michael Peña
Season(s):	4
First episode:	"Grave"
Last episode:	"A Thousand Deaths"

Armando "Army" Renta was Shane Vendrell's partner after Shane left the Strike Team at the end of Season Three. Formerly, he was a U.S. Marine Corps reservist returned from Iraq.

Season 4

Army allowed himself to be drawn into an alliance between Shane and drug kingpin Antwon Mitchell. Eventually, both Army and Shane were framed by Mitchell for the murder of a 14- year-old girl. Vic helped Army and Shane get out of trouble, although Army refused to take a lie detector test that would exonerate the two, due to his PBA rep counseling him not to take it. Shane and Captain Rawling attempted to reason with him to take it since he had nothing to hide, and that not doing so will have the public believe that Antwon was framed for the cop killings and will make not only Army look bad, but as well as the entire police department. Army states that it is not his problem and that he's only trying to look after himself, much to Shane and Rawling's anger.

Army accompanied the Strike Team on multiple operations

While Shane and Captain Rawling were livid and disappointed at Army's refusal to take the test, Vic and Lem both separately told Army that they agreed with his decision and allowed Army to walk away from the Strike Team. Lem had suggested to Army that he should get out while he can, due to the history of the Strike Team committing illegal deeds.

Army was never officially on the Strike Team — he worked in Vic's anti-gang unit to head up the seizure policy. He worked alongside the team in finding one of the cop killers responsible for killing Carl and Scooby before parting ways with them.

Notes

Army's name comes up shortly in season 5 episode Smoked, when Shane is talking to Vic and Ronnie about how Kavanaugh knew the pimps and soldiers they were squeezing on the streets.