Phillip Witzke

Hi!  My name is Phillip Witzke. I grew up in rural Oklahoma in the Panhandle region where I graduated from Turpin High School in 1988.  Shortly thereafter I enlisted in the U.S. Navy and am a veteran of both the U.S. Navy (nine years) and the U.S. Army (17 years) where I served for a combination of 26 years as a journalist, photojournalist, videographer, editor and public affairs officer.

During my tenure, I was deployed world-wide and covered conflicts in Panama, the Middle East, Southwest Asia and Afghanistan as well as multiple hurricanes in Louisiana and natural disasters throughout the mid-west.  I have had the privilege of providing media coverage both internally and externally in support of freedom where ever the need arose.  I retired in July 2014 and returned to school at Washburn University in the fall of 2017 to pursue a degree in Mass Media with an emphasis in Public Relations and Contemporary Journalism.

  I am definitely a "family man" and enjoy spending time with my wife of 22 years and our three children.   In my spare time I also enjoy playing guitar, vacations with the love of my life and remodeling homes. 

Pictured above is my wife Denise and I on a Segway tour through Garden of The Gods in Colorado Springs, Co, during one of our many excursions.  Best Tour EVER!!!