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So, Gizzi uses his usual off day - Tuesdays - to carry out his officer duties in the reserve program. Not with the travel, the games, watching film and the practices. When you're in the NFL, you don't have too much time to give. Hopefully, it was a chance for people to see what an Air Force officer is like and the job is I do, not only on the football field but in the community as well.' Right now I think this is the best possible place and the best mission I can be carrying out for the Air Force. I take a lot of pride in what I've been able to do with the Air Force. 'I'm an Air Force officer first and a football player second. Gizzi has been saying for the past two weeks that his Packer duties have diminished value when compared to his role in the Air Force, and he would give up his green and gold uniform for one of blue if need be. My head was going to pop off, my legs were pumping - it was a rush - then you get to play a football game.

'It felt like Braveheart, just running out there and screaming my head off. 'That was a rush,' said Gizzi, who later made two tackles on special teams duty in Green Bay's 37-0 trouncing of Washington.

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Leading a sprinting charge was none other than linebacker Chris Gizzi, who graduated from the Air Force Academy in 1998, carrying a flag high into the night with defiance as he stormed onto the field amid a full roar of cheers.ДЄs he would say, it looked like something out of a movie. Moments after Chumbawamba's 'I get knocked down, but I get up again' verse was played repeatedly to applause that only could mean it was applied to the U.S., a wave of green came storming through the home team's tunnel.

But nothing beat the entrance that the Green Bay Packers chose to pump up the 59,771 fans, each of whom were given a small version of Old Glory upon entrance to the game. Instead, Martina McBride sang a fine version of the Anthem while players from both teams, firefighters and police officers held up a United States flag.Д¬hills galore, yes. Would Whitney Houston be secretly flown in to belt out her tear-inducing National Anthem? How about a visit from the Prez? Or would Lambeau Field be colored red, white and blue for one special night? 11.Д¬hris Gizzi provided the pregame spark by leading the Packers out of the tunnel. There was uncertainty as to what would be the grandiose moment of Monday night's pregame between the Packers and Redskins to properly salute those who were lost on Sept. Gizzi ignites Lambeau crowd with 'Braveheart' run