Nate Boyer, Bronze Star recipient and oldest rookie in NFL history to speak at Salute to Idaho Veterans Event
Nate Boyer, an Army Green Beret sergeant who deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan and received the Bronze Star for heroism in combat, will speak at the 11th annual Farm Bureau Salute to Idaho Veterans event on Friday, November 10.
Boyer is also a former football player for the University of Texas Longhorns – despite never playing a down of organized football prior to his time in the Special Forces. In 2015, he became the oldest rookie in NFL history at the age of 34 while playing for the Seattle Seahawks. Being a member of both the military veteran and athlete communities, Boyer saw an opportunity to team up both populations to tackle their transition struggles together through Merging Vets & Players (MVP), a charity he co-founded with Jay Glazer. Boyer currently works in film and TV as a producer, director, writer, actor, and host. His belief that “anything is possible” has served him well throughout his life and made him especially fit to speak about finding one’s passions and living with purpose.
Veterans and current Armed Services personnel and their families are invited to attend this free event. Besides Boyer’s presentation, the Salute to Idaho Veterans features a meet and greet, a traditional flag ceremony performed by the Pocatello Veterans Honor Guard, recognition of veterans with a brass quintet playing military branch hymns, a luncheon, veteran slideshow, free photo portraits for veterans and Armed Services personnel, and a complimentary commemorative coin.
The Salute to Idaho Veterans – now in its 11th year – is a prelude to the longstanding traditions that local Veterans Service Organizations carry out each year on November 11. “It’s our pleasure to thank veterans in person for their service,” said Todd Argall, Idaho Farm Bureau Insurance’s Executive Vice President and CEO. “We should never forget the contributions and sacrifices they made to secure our freedom and protect our way of life. They deserve our respect and gratitude.”
The ‘Salute’ will be held at Farm Bureau’s 275 Tierra Vista Drive location in Pocatello. The event gets underway at 10:30 AM with an informal meet and greet and concludes at 1:00 PM with photo portraits of attending servicemen and women by professional photographer Deloy Stuart.
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