To celebrate his birthday, New England Patriots long snapper Joe Cardona got to bring his teammates to work on Wednesday.
Not at Gillette Stadium — but to Naval Station Newport in Rhode Island.
"It definitely feels a bit like bringing your friends to work — a little merging of my two worlds," said Cardona, who also serves as a lieutenant in the United States Navy Reserve in addition to his career in the NFL.
"I've spent so much of my life on base here in Newport — whether it's going to school at the Naval Academy Prep School or, most recently, being a supply officer at MSRON-8.