{"id":900,"date":"2026-10-05T17:25:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T17:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/vetlife\/?post_type=event&#038;p=900"},"modified":"2026-10-05T17:34:46","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T17:34:46","slug":"vaw-2026-salute-to-service-tailgate-football-game","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/vetlife\/event\/vaw-2026-salute-to-service-tailgate-football-game\/","title":{"rendered":"VAW 2026 &#8211; Salute to Service Tailgate &amp; Football Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>TAILGATE OPENS AT TIME TBD | KICK OFF IS AT TIME TBD<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sign up here for a free ticket for the UW vs. Indiana Salute to Service football game on Saturday, November 21st at <strong>&nbsp;TIME TBD.<\/strong> Sign-ups for tickets will be on a first-come, first-served basis, with a waitlist for those who do not make the ticket cutoff. Although we encourage alumni and community members to sign up, student veterans and military-connected students at the UW Seattle campus are prioritized first for this event.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Student veterans who sign up will be given one ticket for themselves, and are allowed <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">one guest ticket<\/span><\/strong>. <strong>Additional guests will attempt to be accommodated, but this will be based on present sign-ups and confirmation of attendance.<\/strong> If you indicate that you will be bringing a guest, please be fair to all student veterans and let us know if you will no longer be bringing a guest or if you will not be able to make it to the game. There will be a waitlist for tickets, so your tickets will go to the next person on the list.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You will be able to pick up tickets at the Waterfront Activities Center on the day of the game, November 21st, where there will be a Salute to Service Tailgate that will begin at <strong>TIME TBD<\/strong>, 3 hours before game time. There will be NO EXCEPTIONS to this policy, so please make yourself available to pick up tickets on the day of the game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ADDITIONAL TICKETS CAN BE PURCHASED FOR YOURSELF OR GUESTS AT THE FOLLOWING LINK:\u00a0<strong>LINK WILL BE ADDED WHEN PROVIDED BY UW ATHLETICS <\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please let us know if there are any difficulties before the tailgate by emailing SVL at vetlife@uw.edu. <strong>Please note, this sign-up is only for the UW campus you are affiliated with.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>TACOMA &amp; BOTHELL TICKETS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO THEIR VETERAN CENTER DIRECTORS.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SIGN-UPS WILL BE ACTIVE ON 7OCT2026 \u2013 Please ensure you select the correct campus you are affiliated with (student\/veteran\/community member).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">UW Bothell Sign Up: <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.cloud.microsoft\/r\/KeqPXww4Yc\">VAW Tailgate &amp; Salute to Service Signup \u2013 2026 \u2013 Bothell Campus \u2013 Fill out form<\/a><\/p>\n<p>UW Tacoma Sign Up: <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.cloud.microsoft\/r\/8MZ1TzfGU6\">VAW Tailgate &amp; Salute to Service Signup \u2013 2026 \u2013 Tacoma Campus \u2013 Fill out form<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Student Veteran Life hosts the 11th annual Salute to Service tailgate. Open to UW students, staff, faculty, and alumni veterans\/military-connected.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":480,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"event-category":[22],"memorial-war":[],"campus":[23],"class_list":["post-900","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","event-category-veterans-appreciation-week","campus-tri-campus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/vetlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/vetlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/vetlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/vetlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/vetlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"event-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/vetlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-category?post=900"},{"taxonomy":"memorial-war","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/vetlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/memorial-war?post=900"},{"taxonomy":"campus","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/vetlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/campus?post=900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}