by Travis Partington | Nov 3, 2024 | Guest, Interviews, Podcast
This conversation is special. I am talking with a fellow HAWER and crafter. Major Theresa Drag is a Marine Corps veteran who served in the 1st LAAM (Light Anti-Aircraft Missile) Battalion, Alpha Battery, crewing the HAWK Missile System. We discussed Major Drag’s...
by Travis Partington | Feb 24, 2022 | Podcast
was a HAWK Missile Operator in the Marine Corps. HAWK is a mobile, medium-range, guided surface-to-air missile system. When I served it was designated MIM – 23 HAWK (Homing All the Way Killer). Made by Raytheon, HAWK was and still is used in several...
by Travis Partington | Oct 9, 2018 | Podcast
Episode 115 – In Memory of John Gollner, Veteran X Like I said this is a different kind of podcast. On September 29th, I got word that a Marine I served with had passed. I couldn’t believe it. I was riding motorcycle when I got a Facebook Message from one...
by Travis Partington | Jan 20, 2017 | Podcast
This episode is dedicated to John Francis Meath. I went to HAWK School with John, we served in the same HAWK Battery (Charlie). John passed away Monday, January 9th 2017. He was 52. Everyone who knew John in Ist LAAM BN loved the big Irishman from NY who loved the...