New Orleans – Each year, the Super Bowl creates memories that last a lifetime for so many people, whether they go to the “Big Game” or at home with friends and family.
This year, the Green Bay Packers’ ball carrier Josh Jacobs does something special for someone he puts in the category like “the real heroes”.
SGT retired. Major Kevin Bennett is a veteran of the American Marine Corps, who served 34 years from 1971 to 2004. He had a career filled with combat missions and missions that brought him to places like Saudi Arabia / Kuwait during operation Desert Storm, Panama, Norway, Japan, Korea and the Philippines.
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Green Bay Packers Running Back Josh Jacobs, # 8, celebrates a hit during the second half of an NFL football match against the 49ers of San Francisco on Sunday November 24, 2024 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (AP photo / Morry Gass)
Bennett now lives in Stafford, Virginia, but he will be in The Big Easy on Sunday, because Jacobs will surprise him and his 33 -year -old wife, Ivette, with superb lix tickets to watch the Chiefs of Kansas City and Philadelphia Eagles.
Jacobs stopped on Radio Row with PK Press Club Digital to explain the honor that he is surprising from Bennett with the two tickets after associating with the USAA, the official partner of the NFL and the Marine Corps Association for honor this deserving soldier. veteran.
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“Dude, I am excited because, obviously, for me, they are the real heroes,” said Jacobs. “My grandfather served in the air force and my uncle in fact served in the navies. So, for me, it’s certainly closer to my home. To be able to sit down, speak with him, choose his brain a little, say that I appreciate his service and things like that are definitely enormous for me.
“I think it is great that we highlighted it and what he did and that we were letting him celebrate with us.”
Josh Jacobs, n ° 8 of the Green Bay packers, participates in the exercises during the mini-cam of Green Bay packers at Ray Nitschke Field on June 11, 2024 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (Patrick McDermott / Getty Images)
Jacobs will meet Bennett and many other military guests at the Salute to Service Lounge of the USAA during the experience of the Super Bowl, while one of the many NFL stars has teamed up with veteran service organizations in New- Orleans.
As a “Salute to Service” partner of the League, the USAA honors military communities throughout the country during the NFL season, which includes the reception of soldiers, veterans, their families and more during Events like the Super Bowl.
NFL training camps were also a fun way for people in the military community to get involved and interact with players like Jacobs, while experimenting with some of the best than League A to offer the Super Bowl , at Pro Bowl, the draft of the NFL and more.
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The impact of the honor of our soldiers is the reason why Jacobs loves moments as he will have with Bennett Friday before the big match.
“With Usaa and the Marine Corps, it was really big for me. It’s closer to my home. But not only that, to be able to restore, even if it is the least, or to light the real heroes, I Try doing this as much as possible.
