NFL reports for duty at Camp Atterbury

By JOSEPH S. PETE
Daily Journal staff writer
First Posted: February 02, 2012 - 11:20 pm
Last Updated: February 02, 2012 - 11:21 pm

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Rhode Island National Guardsman Shawn Fortin is training at Camp Atterbury, only about an hour away from where his beloved New England Patriots will play Sunday.

But Fortin can’t go to Indianapolis to enjoy any of the Super Bowl festivities because of a jam-packed training schedule while he prepares to head to Afghanistan in less than a month.

On Thursday, some of the celebrities and merriment of downtown Indianapolis came to him.

NFL players and Colts cheerleaders came to the post in southern Johnson County and met with more than 1,000 soldiers and their kids and families who lost service members in the war.

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