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NFL-USO Tour to Take Place in Japan 7/19/18 NFL-USO Tour to Take Place in Japan As Part of NFL’s Salute to Service and USO partnership, Donnie Edwards, Tony Richardson and Amani Toomer to Visit U.S. Service Members and Families DONNIE EDWARDS, TONY RICHARDSON and AMANI TOOMER will embark on the first All- NFL Legends, week-long USO tour throughout Japan to visit U.S. service members and their families at military bases, the NFL announced today. An extension of Salute to Service – the League’s year-round effort to honor, empower and connect service members, veterans and their families through a unifying lens of football and strategic partnerships – this year’s NFL-USO tour will visit service members and families at multiple installations and observe missions ranging from crash and rescue to engineering, as well as visit high school football players. “The NFL remains committed to honoring and giving back to the men and women in uniform who sacrifice so much to protect our country,” said ANNA ISAACSON, NFL Senior Vice President of Social Responsibility. “We are excited to partner with the USO on another goodwill tour and continue strengthening our connections to our nation’s service members.” Throughout the week, the players will spend quality time with Airmen, Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, and their families, meet with installation commanders and participate in unit visits. The NFL Legends will also take part in a military working dog demonstration, visit an air defense artillery unit, and a close-up view of aircraft and the maintainers who keep them in the air. “For more than 50 years, the USO and NFL have partnered to bring a piece of home to service members no matter where they are in the world,” said KRISTINA GRIFFIN, USO Corporate Alliances Senior Director. “This trip with NFL Legends is a continuation of this long-standing partnership and our joint efforts to keep service members connected to family, home, and country.” The NFL and USO have worked together to support the military and strengthen service members’ connection to family, home and country for more than 50 years. In 1966, the NFL teamed with the USO and became the first sports organization to send players on a tour to Vietnam and other parts of the Far East. Since then, more than 250 NFL players, coaches and executives, including TERRY BRADSHAW, BILL COWHER, BEN GARLAND, FRANCO HARRIS, LARRY FITZGERALD, LYNN SWANN, J.J. WATT have visited troops on NFL-USO tours in Afghanistan, Bosnia, Germany, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Korea, Kuwait and Somalia. In 2008, Commissioner ROGER GOODELL became the first sports commissioner to visit the troops overseas as part of a USO trip when he toured Iraq and Afghanistan. In addition to overseas morale-building visits, the NFL has supported several different USO projects through Salute to Service including flag football programming and the expansion and refurbishment of USO centers and programming. For more information on the USO please visit uso.org. # # # About the USO: The USO strengthens America's military service members by keeping them connected to family, home and country, throughout their service to the nation. At hundreds of locations worldwide, we are united in our commitment to connect our service members and their families through countless acts of caring, comfort, and support. The USO is a private, nonprofit organization, not a government agency. Our programs, services and entertainment tours are made possible by the American people, support of our corporate partners, and the dedication of our volunteers and staff. In addition to individual donors and corporate sponsors, the USO is supported by President's Circle Partners: AT&T, Bob & Dolores Hope Foundation, The Boeing Company, Clark Construction Group, LLC, The Coca-Cola Company, FedEx, Harris Teeter, Jeep, Johnson & Johnson, Kroger, NFL, Southern New Hampshire University and Four-Star Partners: Altria, BBMC Mortgage, BIC, ConAgra Foods, GEICO, Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Prudential, Target, TKS, USAA and the Wawa Foundation. We are also supported through the United Way and Combined Federal Campaign (CFC-11381). To join us in this important mission, and to learn more about the USO, please visit uso.org. Contact: Taylor Kielpinski-Rogers, NFL, [email protected] Christopher Stagner, USO, [email protected] .
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