Green Bay Packers support Incirlik Airmen

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  • By Senior Airman Anthony J. Hyatt
  • 39th Air Base Wing Public Affairs
Several players from the Super Bowl XLV Champion Green Bay Packers recently visited Team Incirlik during the Packers Tundra Tour presented by Navy Entertainment.

Packers players Jarrett Bush, Daryn Colledge, William Henderson, Derrick Martin, and Nick McDonald as well as Pepper Burruss, the head athletic trainer, Red Batty, the equipment manager and Tom Bakken, the assistant equipment manager, spent time meeting with and signing autographs for Incirlik Airmen and their family members Feb. 12.

Burruss began the event with a behind-the-scenes presentation summarizing the Green Bay Packers Super Bowl season. The presentation included photos and highlights from game one of the 2010-11 regular season through the playoff games and the Super Bowl Championship game. The presentation also featured post-Super Bowl pictures.

After their meet and greet with the fans, the Packers players ate lunch with fans and received a tour of an aircraft on the flightline.

"Having the Green Bay Packers players here at Incirlik was one of the most enjoyable days I have had here since my family arrived," said PJ Woods, a Packers fan. "Not just because they are my favorite National Football League team, but the opportunity to sit down, eat lunch and talk with them one-on-one and learn more about them was absolutely amazing. I had a blast."

The Tundra Tour, which brought the Green Bay Packers to troops deployed or stationed throughout Southwest Asia, concluded Feb. 18.