One e-mail:

I was in the army and stationed in Germany in the early 80s. The day after
the super bowl was a holiday for us since the game was on so late over
there. So it is (or at least was then) a federal holiday of sorts.

And another:

I’m a Field Artillery officer stationed at Camp Stanley, South Korea. Because of the 14-hour time difference, the Super Bowl actually falls on Monday morning. Fortunately, today also marked the beginning of the Korean Lunar New Year festivities, and our chain of command has seen fit to give us the day off (our Korean soldiers get most of the week off). Unfortunately, after the Steelers’ tragic loss, I really didn’t have a dog in this fight. And all of the commercials were replaced with Armed Forces Network pablum about visiting national parks and what happened on this date in Eighteen-Hundred-and-Who-Gives-a-Damn. But we’re still way ahead of you on the 3-day weekend issue.