Col Michael Peznola, USMC, is currently stationed at Marine Corps Base Quantico and has served for 28 years. He attended the MCA&F 2012 Ground Awards Dinner in Arlington, Virginia, to hear the featured speaker, LtGen John M Paxton, Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps speak.
Col Michael Peznola, USMC, is currently stationed at Marine Corps Base Quantico and has served for 28 years. He attended the MCA&F 2012 Ground Awards Dinner in Arlington, Virginia, to hear the featured speaker, LtGen John M Paxton, Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps speak. He also wanted to reconnect with current affairs of the Corps because he spent the previous three years in Europe at a joint position.
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Col Michael Peznola, USMC, is currently stationed at Marine Corps Base Quantico and has served for 28 years.
He attended the MCA&F 2012 Ground Awards Dinner in Arlington, Virginia, to hear the featured speaker, LtGen John M Paxton, Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps speak. He also wanted to reconnect with current affairs of the Corps because he spent the previous three years in Europe at a joint position.
Peznola said he has been a member of the Marine Corps Association & Foundation since he was a second lieutenant at The Basic School.
“It’s not forced upon folks, but joining the Marine Corps Association is a good thing to do,” Peznola said. “As I got older I found out about all the other things the association did, but for two-thirds of my career I got the Gazette. Reading that as captains and majors becomes something to debate about. They do great things for the Marine Corps and the community.”
He said his Marines have received some of the MCA&F-sponsored awards for superior academic performance and have been recognized as honor graduates.
“When Marines can get a Ka-bar or a plaque for doing well at a school that means a lot,” Peznola said.
