Packers salute U.S. Army veteran Kalen Waite for 'Operation Fan Mail'

Packers, Network Health honored Waite during Sundays crippled against the Panthers

The Green Bay Packers and Network Health paid peculiar tribute to U.S. Army seasoned Kalen Waite during Sunday afternoon's crippled against the Carolina Panthers for 'Operation Fan Mail.'

This twelvemonth marks the 19th play of Operation Fan Mail, the programme that recognizes subject families and veterans astatine each Packers location game.

Waite served successful the United States Army from 2009 to 2013, attaining the fertile of Specialist. He was assigned to the 101st Airborne Division, 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment and deployed to Afghanistan's Kunar Province from May 2010 to May 2011. During his deployment, helium took portion successful 15 named operations, conducted implicit 200 combat patrols and engaged successful 53 firefights. Throughout his service, helium was awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge, 2 Army Commendation Medals and a Meritorious Unit Commendation.

Some of Waite's fondest household memories revolve astir the Packers, including sharing the joyousness of the team's Super Bowl XXXI triumph with his precocious parents. The Packers besides provided a consciousness of location portion deployed overseas. In February of 2011, Waite led a convoy done the treacherous Nawa Pass, arriving backmost astatine basal conscionable successful clip to witnesser Nick Collins intercept Ben Roethlisberger and instrumentality the walk for a touchdown successful Super Bowl XLV. Following a cumulative combat-related wounded that ended his subject career, Waite transitioned to nationalist work and present works arsenic a transgression expert with the Milwaukee Police Department.

A autochthonal of Racine, Wis., Waite attended today's crippled with his wife, Alyssa, sisters Sarah and Kelsey, and nephew, Jacob. Alyssa nominated her hubby for recognition.

Operation Fan Mail, which debuted successful 2007, is designed to grant those who are connected progressive work oregon are veterans of the military, on with their families. In summation to being recognized connected the video boards anterior to the game, selected families volition person 4 tickets to the game, courtesy of Network Health. The Packers and Network Health volition big a household astatine each 2025 location crippled and admit them connected the tract during pregame activities. A full of 222 families person been saluted during the past 18 seasons.

To take families, the Packers and Network Health are asking funny families, oregon friends of eligible families, to taxable an essay, 500 words oregon less, connected wherefore a peculiar instrumentality should beryllium saluted adjacent season.

Essays tin beryllium sent to Operation Fan Mail, P.O. Box 10628, Green Bay, WI, 54307-0628 oregon online atpackers.com/Lambeau-field/operation-fan-mail. Families intended for designation are those that person a subordinate of their household serving connected progressive duty, oregon a subordinate of their household who is simply a veteran. The household subordinate tin beryllium a spouse, mother, father, son, girl oregon sibling.