Gathering to watch the Army-Navy game has always been a tradition for the Hawk family.
John Hawk, a career Army man, felt an obligation to introduce his wife and three sons to the football contest that shines a spotlight on those two branches of the armed services.
“The Army-Navy game is very important in this household,” said John Hawk, who served 20 years of active duty in various divisions of the supply corps.
Naturally, the whole family always rooted for Army since John Hawk wore the camouflage uniform. Those long-time allegiances have been severely tested ever since the youngest of the Hawk children enrolled at the Naval Academy.