Celebrities and athletes probably know to expect the unexpected while on USO tours. But being taken down by an Italian security dog probably isn’t high on the list.
Until now … as New Orleans Saints running back Mark Ingram found out on Wednesday.
Ingram is one of five NFL players who were visiting military bases in Germany and Italy this week as a part of the NFL’s Salute to Service program. The league made a three-year, $5 million commitment to the USO in 2016.
As part of a demonstration at Aviano Air Base in Italy, Ingram experienced first-hand how a base security dog does its job:
Later on, Ingram explain what was going through his mind:
Saints star @MarkIngram22 dishes on his run-in with an amped-up security K9 during Wednesday’s NFL-USO Tour in Italy. 🐕 pic.twitter.com/ERJ09sCOEg
— Marc Sessler (@MarcSesslerNFL) April 4, 2018
As much as service members truly appreciate people who participate on USO tours, if you’re a celebrity or athlete and you’re asked to run from a security dog, it might be best to decline.
