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Joe Plenzler

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  • Communications Strategist and Writer, Freelance
Washington, D.C.
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Retired Marine Corps combat veteran. Volunteer election poll worker. Wannabe mountaineer. World's ok-eyest guitar player. Eagle Scout. Patriot.

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Joe Plenzler is a communication strategist and public relations professional with two decades of experience in the industry. He is a U.S. Marine Corps combat veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and also served as the senior U.S. military spokesman in Indonesia during the disaster assistance mission in response to the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami that killed more than 100,000 people in the Banda Aceh region. In 2002-03, he served as the public affairs officer to then Major General James N.…

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The NRA Has Entered the Province of Cowards

The NRA Has Entered the Province of Cowards

Over the past few weeks, the National Rifle Association has deployed several hyperbolic, incoherent, irrespon…

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#20 Leaving the NRA on NPR with Marine Veteran Joe Plenzler

#20 Leaving the NRA on NPR with Marine Veteran Joe Plenzler

Joe Plenzler (@joeplenzler on Twitter) @replied me last night that he was featured on NPR about quitting the …

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What Wounded Veterans Need: Medical Marijuana

What Wounded Veterans Need: Medical Marijuana

The American Legion, representing millions of wartime vets, calls on Trump to loosen federal restrictions on …

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Mattis fills out top positions at DoD

Mattis fills out top positions at DoD

Lt. Col. Joe Plenzler (USMC, ret.), executive vice president of membership and marketing at the U.S. Naval In…

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Washington Journal Joe Plenzler General James Mattis, Dec 26 2016

Washington Journal Joe Plenzler General James Mattis, Dec 26 2016

Lieutenant Colonel Joe Plenzler (Ret.), who worked extensively with General James Mattis (Ret.) during his Ma…

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15 Things Mattis Taught Me About Real Leadership

15 Things Mattis Taught Me About Real Leadership

I first met Marine Gen. James Mattis in the summer of 2000 when he took command of the 1st Marine Expeditiona…

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You Can’t Be What You Can’t See: Maura Sullivan’s Story

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By Maura C. Sullivan, Rebecca Bennett, Joe Plenzler
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By: Hell Cats, Produced by Valor Media Network in Partnership with Meidas Defense Most Americans don’t picture women like Maura Sullivan and Rebecca Bennett when they picture a military veteran. Hell Cats exists to change that. In this premiere, two women veterans whose lives have run on strikingly parallel tracks — a Marine and a Navy helicopter pilot, both ROTC, both deployed, both moms — start telling the stories of women who served, led, and kept serving long after they left the uniform.
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Behind Enemy Lines with the Ukrainian Resistance - Meidas Defense

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By Joe Plenzler
| meidasplus.com
By Joe Plenzler In this gripping episode, Marine Corps veteran Joe Plenzler sits down with co-host and Navy veteran Ken Harbaugh just after Ken’s return from his toughest trip to Ukraine yet. Ken pulls back the curtain on his latest feature article for The Atlantic, exploring the high-stakes, deadly world of the Ukrainian partisan resistance operating deep inside Russian-occupied territory.
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By Joe Plenzler
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By Joe Plenzler, co-host of Meidas Defense In this episode of Meidas Defense, host Joe Plenzler sits down with Ralph Goff, a 35-year veteran of the intelligence community and a six-time CIA Station Chief. Together, they strip away the media talking points to analyze the stark reality of the war in Ukraine, how Putin fuels his military machine, and the terrifying, fast-moving technological evolution transforming modern combat.
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