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(KDKA) PITTSBURGH A man from Shaler who used to play for the Steelers will now wear a uniform of a different kind

Bob Dzvonick, 27, joined the Marines and says football is now a distant memory

He chased his dream of playing professional football until he was 26, and even played one season for the Steelers in the NFL Europe league

But minor injuries often left Dzvonick sidelined. For a while he worked with Allegheny County District Attorney Stephan Zappala and thought about applying to law school, but walked into a Marine recruiting office on March 15

“He came in and really motivated me. I am supposed to motivate them,” Recruiter Dan Black said. “He came in and told me he was on a professional football team and wanted that sense of pride, that sense of brotherhood back.”

Dzvonick found what he was looking for at Marine boot camp in Paris Island, South Carolina.

Far too often the media, and partisan politicians, depict our soldiers as a bunch of poor, dim-witted dupes who got tricked into joining the military and going to war.  And while this may be the politically expedient for the purposes of opposing the President’s war policies, the reality is that our military is filled with proud and brave patriots like Dzvonick who know full well what they’re getting into when they sign up and do it anyway

Because they love our country and they want to serve

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