LIVINGSTON, Ala. - The University of West Alabama Athletic Department is proud to announce that Saturday's football contest with Valdosta State will be Military and First Responders Day. 

Fans who show their military or first responder ID will receive two free general admission tickets to the football game, scheduled for a 1 p.m. kickoff.

Other festivities will include Senior Day for the football, cheerleading and band programs, and the Charley Glenn Award presentation. 

A UWA graduate and former Tiger football player, Glenn was also a military veteran and Bronze Star recipient. He played football at UWA from 1994-97, earning numerous academic honors before enlisting in the United States Army on June 17, 2003.
 
An Army Special Forces Soldier, Glenn, lost his life in the service of our nation on May 17, 2007, after losing consciousness during a training event at the Special Forces Underwater Operations School.

Glenn attended basic combat training and advanced individual training at Fort Benning, Georgia, before reporting to Fort Bragg, North Carolina, for the Special Forces Assessment and Selection Course in 2003. Glenn was selected for Special Forces training and completed the Special Forces Qualification Course in 2005.
 
He reported to the 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) in December 2005, where he was assigned to a Special Forces Operational Detachment-Alpha. He completed a tour in Iraq before beginning the Combat Dive Qualification Course. 

Kickoff is scheduled for 1 p.m. on Saturday from Terry Bunn Field at Tiger Stadium, with the gates scheduled to open at 11:30 a.m. Fans can click here for Tiger Gameday information.