HONOREES:
John “JJ” Riester and Scott Riester
BRANCH:
Air Force
GAME:
Green Bay Packers vs. Minnesota Vikings
The Green Bay Packers and WPS Health Solutions paid special tribute to Air Force Lieutenant Colonel John “JJ” Riester and his father, retired Air Force Chief Master Sergeant Scott Riester, during Sunday’s Packers-Vikings game for Operation Fan Mail.
Scott and JJ are the second and third generations of a military family; Scott’s father, Paul Riester, served in the Navy for 20 years, achieving the rank of Chief Petty Officer. Together, the family has more than 60 years of combined military service.
Scott Riester, originally from Washington, Ind., spent 22 years in the Air Force, serving in various roles including command communication security program manager. He was deployed in support of Operation Just Cause, Operation Desert Shield, and Operation Desert Storm. Now retired, he lives in Warrenton, Va.
JJ Riester has been in the Air Force for 20 years. He has been deployed in support of Operation Joint Forge, Operation Joint Guardian, Operation Enduring Freedom, and Operation Iraqi Freedom. He currently is a cyber officer assigned as a graduate student at the National Defense University, studying at the Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy.
A Packers fan since the 1960s, Scott has passed his love of the team on to JJ, and JJ has shared it with his family. The two attended Sunday’s game with JJ’s wife of 12 years, Aimee, and their 10-year-old son, Scott. Also at the game was Scott’s brother, Brian, and Brian’s sons, Dustin and Brandon, and daughter-in-law, Katie.
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