Pentagon cancels military events for NFL 'Salute to Service' weekend due to government shutdown

The Pentagon issued a merchandise this week that fundamentally said determination would beryllium nary military-related events astatine this week's "Salute to Service" NFL weekend.

Meaning activities similar flyovers, grant guards and subject members unveiling an American emblem connected the tract volition not hap passim the league.

The determination for work members to beryllium "prohibited from participating successful authoritative outreach activities" was owed to a deficiency of backing from the authorities shutdown. Such events are paid for by the Pentagon's yearly budget.

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Helicopter flyover during the "Salute to Service" crippled betwixt the Carolina Panthers and the Kansas City Chiefs during the archetypal 4th astatine Bank of America Stadium. (Jim Dedmon/Imagn Images)

The Washington Post was the archetypal to study the decision.

The shutdown began connected Oct. 1 and does not look to person an extremity successful sight. It is present the longest shutdown successful U.S. history.

A presumption of the flyover earlier the crippled betwixt the Denver Broncos and the Cincinnati Bengals astatine Empower Field astatine Mile High. (Ron Chenoy/Imagn Images)

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"While Salute to Service comes to beingness on-field each November — arsenic it volition again this year, starting this play — our long-standing efforts to enactment the subject assemblage proceed passim the year," Anna Isaacson, the NFL’s elder vice president of societal responsibility, said to The Washington Post.

The "Salute to Service" run began successful 2011. Players, coaches and different unit grant subject members successful galore variations, including camouflage clothes, military-themed cogwheel and different insignia.

"Salute to Service" signage during pregame warmups betwixt the Carolina Panthers and the Kansas City Chiefs astatine Bank of America Stadium. (Jim Dedmon/Imagn Images)

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Twelve NFL games volition beryllium played successful the United States connected Sunday and Monday. The Denver Broncos squeaked by the Las Vegas Raiders, 10-7, connected Thursday, and the Atlanta Falcons and Indianapolis Colts volition play successful Berlin connected Sunday morning.

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