NFL Players and Military Heroes Share a Powerful Bond in The Mosquito Bowl

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Different uniforms. Same brotherhood. In this special feature for The Mosquito Bowl, NFL players and military service members reflect on the powerful connections formed through teamwork, trust, and sacrifice.  From the football field to the battlefield, they share what it means to stand together, have each other's backs, and fight for something bigger than themselves. Their reflections echo the extraordinary true story behind The Mosquito Bowl, which follows four college football stars who traded their football careers for service in the Marines during World War II.  Experience The Mosquito Bowl, now playing in theaters and streaming November 25, 2026, on Netflix.

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00:02the Marine Corps is a brotherhood last name McClary I'm sergeant Bender lieutenant

00:10general Christian Wartman I played football all throughout high school I

00:13played linebacker and I played running back I played safety at the Naval

00:16Academy footballs taught me everything about life when you're falling down how

00:21can you be thinking about getting back up who else is big-time football players

00:24raise your hand my name is Aaron Jones running back for the Minnesota Vikings

00:30Max Crosby defensive end for the Las Vegas Raiders I love George Kittle Christian

00:34McCaffrey I love watching those players on Sundays to hear how much of an escape we

00:38can be to them it's a whole nother level of motivation brotherhood is a

00:43commitment between people who share a common goal what I really love about

00:47football is there's always a sense of hope that's one of the most important

00:51things about football in the military is like these people that you can count on

00:54continuously it takes a team the community to be successful everything

00:59is family-oriented doing everything together we eat together we practice

01:02together we're living together working together I would describe it as closer

01:06than family it's home

01:10Marines are inspired every day by the legacy of the men and women that went

01:15before us they like actually sacrificing everything for people that you don't

01:20know but for a country that you love my dad Alvin Jones senior rest in peace he

01:25served 29 years in the army retired as a command sergeant major the end of the

01:30anthem and you get to fly over it it's hard to put into words it's almost like

01:35they're clearing the air for my dad to see the game

01:40we were promised family

01:43we were promised brotherhood and we were promised that we were joining an

01:47organization that was greater than ourselves

01:53go see mosquito bowl

01:55you

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