by Travis Partington | Aug 13, 2023 | Blog
I was with Abington VSO Adam Gunn at Black Hat Brew Works a couple of months ago when first saw the Till Valhalla Truck. The truck made an immediate impression on me. The truck had names on it and the license plate “PTSD 22”, meant that this was not a...
by Travis Partington | Aug 11, 2023 | Podcast
Carroll Harris served in the Marine Corps and retired as a Lt. Colonel before joining the US Postal Inspection Service. I learned a lot about how The US Postal Inspection Service works to keep Americans safe. Operation Protect Veterans is a way to ensure our...
by Travis Partington | Aug 6, 2023 | Podcast
I was introduced to Bob Notch through Michael Geary of Hellfish Haven. Michael had Bob on our W.A.R (We are Resilient) collaboration and Bob was on with his to talk about the Veterans Collaborative. Bob served in the Army and flew the UH-60 Blackhawk. Later in...
by Travis Partington | Jul 29, 2023 | Podcast
Anyone that has done anything in the military content creation space has run into Michael Madsen at one point or another. We connected a while ago when I was making the switch from being strictly a podcast to video. I asked him to come on because he is an example of...
by Travis Partington | Jul 21, 2023 | Podcast
April 23rd, I was at the Middleborough VFW filming with Richard Fitts Jr. and Arthur O’Callaghan for, “A Letter to M.I.A.s”. Setting up to film I was checking my gimbal when Richard Fitts Jr. asked me to meet this woman at a table. What was interesting was she had...
by Travis Partington | Jul 17, 2023 | Podcast
Joe came on Oscar Mike Radio for number 327 – Nothing is Louder than Silence. 327 – Joe Hernandez – Nothing is Louder than Silence Nothing is Louder than Silence was an autobiography about Joe’s childhood. One Drunken Night is a result of Joe’s lifelong love of...
by Travis Partington | Jun 30, 2023 | Podcast
I would like to start off by saying thank you to David Danforth and John Kennedy and the rest of the Veterans Brotherhood Veterans Motorcycle Club for connecting me with Ben Hendricks and Luke Young, the founders of The Garrison Speed Shop. Luke, U.S. Army, and Ben,...
by Travis Partington | Jun 16, 2023 | Podcast
I would like to tell you that all of these are easy, and I have this down to science. However, my systems were acting up and I had a limited window to talk with him. There were people around me making sure my internet was up and I was apprehensive because I wanted to...
by Travis Partington | May 26, 2023 | Podcast
get an email about a book written about a story during the Vietnam War. What is different about this book is it was written by someone who never served in the Vietnam War or the military. Dr. Reaves wrote about her father, U.S. Navy Corpsman Larry Goss who lost his...
by Travis Partington | May 22, 2023 | Podcast
Gina Alderman has come on Oscar Mike Radio as an author. She wrote in Veterans Unchained Anthology and put together Veterans Unchained 2.0. This time she is talking with me about her Rugged Warrior Healing Coalition Retreat. Gina talked about how the retreat went from...
by Travis Partington | May 22, 2023 | Podcast
“I have never done anything like this on Oscar Mike Radio.” This thought was going through my mind as I started talking with U.S. Army Veteran Inez Moutarde. Except we weren’t talking, we were breathing, but not just any kind of breathing. We were doing Quantum Flow,...
by Travis Partington | May 17, 2023 | Podcast
One part of the retreat that Gina Alderman wanted to focus on is the mind and body working together. To do that, Gina connected with Juanita Terry who participated in the “Veterans” Unchained Anthology. The anthology is how Gina and Juanita got connected, and their...
by Travis Partington | May 17, 2023 | Podcast
The first thing one notices is the smile. It is genuine, yet inquisitive. The kind of smile that puts you at ease. Unusual for me, but I was a bit uneasy. Dr. Ki Magee was one of Gina Alderman’s long-time military friends. I wanted to be sure everything went well as...
by Travis Partington | May 15, 2023 | Podcast
Curtis Rutledge served in the Army for 12 years and was medically retired. He tried different things and then got into welding and metalwork because he loves cars. Out of his love for cars, Curtis started Project Shft 6. Project Shift 6 is located in Bakersfield, CA....
by Travis Partington | May 5, 2023 | Podcast
April 26th, 2016 is when Travis met Keith Hayes of Sinista 1 Productions and committed to Oscar Mike Radio. I am having as much fun doing Oscar Mike Radio now as when I first started. I have met some amazing people. Go to Spotify and look for Oscar Mike Radio and...
by Travis Partington | Apr 21, 2023 | Podcast
I met Anna at Tennessee VFW State Commander Brian Walker’s event at the Collierville, TN Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5066. She came on Oscar Mike Radio for number 294 (https://oscarmikeradio.com/294-anna-lynn-ferris/). Anna Lynn Ferris lives in Tennessee and has...