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Spouse(s)
  
Amy Miller (m. 2007)

Rank
  
Role
  
Helicopter Pilot


Name
  
Chris Marvin

Years of service
  
2001 - 2009

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Full Name
  
Christopher Michael Marvin

Born
  
April 2, 1979 (age 45) Normal, Illinois, U.S.A. (
1979-04-02
)

Profession
  
ConsultantNonprofit ExecutivePublic Speaker

Allegiance
  
United States of America

Battles and wars
  
Operation Enduring Freedom

Awards
  
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Service/branch
  

Marvin Strategies Consulting with Army Veteran Chris Marvin


Christopher Michael Marvin (born April 2, 1979) is a former United States Army helicopter pilot. He is the founder and former executive director of Got Your 6, a campaign that works with studios, networks and agencies in the entertainment industry, to shift perceptions of veterans and military families. He is now the principal at Marvin Strategies, a consulting practice focused on veteran-related strategy and communication.

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Early life and education

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Marvin was born and raised in Central Illinois. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Notre Dame and Masters in Business Administration from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Military Service

Marvin served more than seven years as a US Army Officer and Black Hawk helicopter pilot, leading an aviation platoon in Afghanistan. He was named the Distinguished Honor Graduate of his Aviation Officer Basic Course and was assigned to the 25th Infantry Division.

In Afghanistan, he flew 40 combat missions before being severely wounded in a helicopter crash near the Afghan-Pakistan border, which ended his military career. Marvin spent four years recovering from his wounds, and during that time he began volunteering as an advocate for other wounded veterans.

Volunteer Service

Marvin was named the first Mission Continues fellow in 2007 and developed the organization’s original slogan “It’s not a charity, it’s a challenge.” As the national director of the Fellowship Program, he logged more than 2,000 volunteer hours in 2008 for The Mission Continues before joining the organization as full-time staff in 2009.

He has also been the director of civilian-military partnerships for ServiceNation where he headed the Mission Serve initiative. and oversaw service projects in 11 major American cities on 11/11/11, in honor of Veterans Day.

Marvin served as a commissioner for the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Commission on Political Reform. . He is a Truman National Security Fellow and a Presidio Institute Cross Sector Leadership Fellow.

Got Your 6

Chris Marvin is the founder and former executive director of the national veteran campaign Got Your 6. The organization was founded in 2012 as a coalition of entertainment industry companies, and nonprofit organizations focused on veterans and military families,.

In 2015, Marvin departed Got Your 6 to launch a consulting practice focused on veteran-related strategy and communication.

Awards and honors

Chris Marvin’s military awards include the Bronze Star, Meritorious Service Medal, and the Air Medal. His work with Got Your 6 has been recognized with awards from the National Conference on Citizenship, Points of Light, Goodwill Industries, and the Clinton Global Initiative.

References

Chris Marvin Wikipedia


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