{"id":362954,"date":"2026-08-05T00:12:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T00:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/362954\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T00:12:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T00:12:11","slug":"tampa-bay-bucs-host-usaas-salute-to-service-nfl-boot-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/362954\/","title":{"rendered":"Tampa Bay Bucs host USAA&#8217;s Salute to Service NFL Boot Camp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TAMPA, Fla. &#8211; The Tampa Bay Buccaneers hosted Military Day at training camp on Monday morning, welcoming in active duty military members, veterans and their families to the AdventHealth Training Center.<\/p>\n<p>After practice, 50 service members got the opportunity to take the field for the annual &#8220;USAA&#8217;s Salute to Service NFL Boot Camp.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>They took part in a number of combine drills like the 40-yard-dash, three-cone drill and more. The winning group won tickets to the Bucs&#8217; Salute to Service game on Nov. 30.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It is absolutely POURING here at Bucs training camp this morning \ud83d\ude02<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s Military Day at One Buc with active duty military members, veterans and their families out at practice.<\/p>\n<p>The Bucs will host a USAA Combine at the indoor practice facility later! <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BN9?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">@BN9<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SpecSports360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">@SpecSports360<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/O7p5bByfkm\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/O7p5bByfkm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Michael Epps (@MichaelEppsTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MichaelEppsTV\/status\/2084263451736564113?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">August 3, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When I tell you they&#8217;re excited, they&#8217;re excited. So just as the NFL prepares for their game day, the military prepares for its game day as well. So they&#8217;re used to this. But today it&#8217;s about competition, though,&#8221; USAA military affairs representative Shelina Frey said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Oh I was terrified. I was like, OK, let&#8217;s do it. So we ran a couple before work a couple days. We were just running drills and practicing together, trying to get ready for this,&#8221; United States Coast Guard member Bella Fleeger said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s great. So the job gets kind of stressful sometimes. Sometimes you&#8217;re away from your family, so to come here and, you know, bring your family as guests and we can be inside this nice facility. It&#8217;s been a great opportunity,&#8221; United States Air Force member Tramaine Smith said.<\/p>\n<p>This marks the eighth year that USAA and the Buccaneers have hosted \u201cUSAA\u2019s Salute to Service NFL Boot Camp.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TAMPA, Fla. &#8211; The Tampa Bay Buccaneers hosted Military Day at training camp on Monday morning, welcoming in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":362955,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[1238,115,275,110,135,4547,137,136],"class_list":["post-362954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-app-sports","tag-news","tag-spectrum-news-staff","tag-sports","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-bay-bucs","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=362954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362954\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/362955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=362954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=362954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=362954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}