{"id":37812,"date":"2013-10-03T09:38:25","date_gmt":"2013-10-03T13:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=37812"},"modified":"2013-10-03T09:51:32","modified_gmt":"2013-10-03T13:51:32","slug":"navy-air-force-academy-game-back-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=37812","title":{"rendered":"Navy-Air Force academy game back on"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Defense Department announced that this weekend’s football game between the Naval Academy and the Air Force Academy will be played as scheduled, according to The Navy Times<\/a>;<\/p>\n

The official said Wednesday the decision affects this weekend’s games only, and future games will be evaluated as events unfold in the coming days.<\/p>\n

The teams will be allowed to play because the games are paid for with non-appropriated funds, and have been long planned. Army is scheduled to travel to Boston College this weekend, and Air Force will play at Navy in Annapolis, Md.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So the threat still lingers over future games. Meanwhile, MCPO Ret. In TN sends us a link to United Airlines’ offer<\/a> to fly the Air Force Academy team to Annapolis for the game on their dime;<\/p>\n

“We hate cancellations, so we’re offering to fly @AF_Academy to this year’s Air Force-Navy game. Retweet if you agree.”<\/p>\n

United confirmed to Today in the Sky that the offer is a serious one.<\/p>\n

“At United, we love football, we love our troops and, of course, we love flying,” United says in its statement to Today in the Sky. “We want to make sure fans of the U.S. Air Force Academy and the Naval Academy get to see their teams out on the field Saturday.”<\/p>\n

“United is a strong supporter of our veterans and active-duty service men and women, with so many of our own co-workers having served,” the statement adds. “And with our commitment to both Colorado and the D.C. area, we thought this was a great opportunity to keep the long-standing tradition alive.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So the Navy makes this video to get ready for the game; “What does a Zoomie say?”<\/p>\n