Veteran's Day Parade

Our story begins on Pacific Highway, where a series of competitions for Color Guard, Armed Drill, and Unarmed Drill would be held before the parade waltzed through the crowd. The Armed Drill Team was inspected before they prepared and waited anxiously to enter the drill pad. Once they entered the drill pad, they showed their routine off to the crowd, but the judges held their composure and no one would know how they did until the awards were given out. Next to compete was the Unarmed Drill Team. With a few tremors here and there, they managed to escape the drill pad without so much injury done to their pride. And saving the best for last, Color Guard expertly entered the drill pad, a quick inspection and they carried out their routine, amazing the crowd with their precision and expertise as they did so. It was obvious to the crowd these guys were in a whole other league.

After a quick donut break, our platoon marched to the area that held the competitions and stood among the other competing high schools. We congratulated the Marine Corps on their 235th Birthday and the judges handed out the trophies for participation. Unfortunately, our tendency to be late cost us the participation trophy, but that can easily be overlooked as the Color Guard Team dominated and won first place. Congratulations to team captain Cadet Senior Chief Gonzalez, and the other cadets of color guard: Cadet Lieutenant Lopez, Cadet Joaquin, and Cadet Trevor Moore.

We took the trophy back to our camp-out site and prepared for the parade. As we waited "patiently" for the parade to begin, we tackled the issue of unfolding the giant godzilla-like flag. The parade began and our lovely banner ladies paved the path for the rest of the unit to follow. Announcers congratulated the Commanding Officer, Cadet Lieutenant Tyler Moore, and Executive Officer, Cadet Lieutenant Everett Lopez, on their fine job on our wonderful unit. We marched along while our banner ladies smiled and waved and UDT and ADT performed some of their routines. Hope you had a great Veteran's Day!

~P.A.O.

Cadet Ensign Bronder