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EXCLUSIVE: Army hero rips New York Jets for 'greed'

It all boils down to Gang Greed.

That was how a hero soldier honored by the Jets reacted to news that the team and 13 other NFL franchises were paid by the National Guard and the Department of Defense to salute the troops at home games.

“I think it’s pretty shameful that millionaires and billionaires take money from the service,” Army Staff Sgt. Christopher Waiters told The News.

“It’s just greed,” said Waiters, an Army medic who served two tours of duty in Iraq and one in Afghanistan.

Waiters spoke a day after a story in The News — which featured him on the cover — revealed that the Department of Defense and the New Jersey National Guard doled out $377,000 to the Jets over the last four seasons to honor military members at MetLife Stadium games.