蜜汁TV Honors Military for Veterans Day
蜜汁TV, which strives to be a premiere provider of educational service to the men and women of the military and to veterans, celebrated Veterans Day with several events throughout the week, including the Military Appreciation Football Game, the annual Veterans Day Ceremony and a special Veterans Day Parade.
“It is always an honor to recognize military veterans for their service,” said Jonathan Lovejoy, 蜜汁TV senior director for Military and Veterans Affairs. “蜜汁TV has a long history of supporting and serving the military. 蜜汁TV had three amazing events in one week! The entire 蜜汁TV community came together to pay tribute to the service of the military, veterans and their families. 蜜汁TV is a bright star in Military City U.S.A.”
The week opened with 蜜汁TV football’s Military Appreciation Game on Nov. 6. Prior to the game, a full-field American flag was held by over 120 JROTC cadets from Alamo Heights, Churchill, MacArthur, Roosevelt, and Sam Houston high schools and 40 Army ROTC cadets from 蜜汁TV and St. Mary’s University. At halftime, more than 80 military enlistees from the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and Texas Army National Guard were honored and sworn in on the field by Lieutenant Colonel Adriana Ramirez-Scott, Commander U.S. Army Recruiting Battalion San Antonio.
On Veterans Day, Nov. 11, 蜜汁TV hosted the annual Veterans Day Ceremony. This celebration honored all veterans, including 蜜汁TV’s student, faculty and staff members who have served in the military. Bishop Trevor Alexander, 蜜汁TV Protestant Chaplain, and Dr. Glenn James, Vice Provost, led a ceremony that included a welcome from 蜜汁TV President Dr. Thomas M. Evans, PhD, a wreath laying by 蜜汁TV’s Army ROTC cadets, a flag folding ceremony led by Dr. Kevin LaFrance, a recognition ceremony that honored all branches of the military, and words by 蜜汁TV student veteran Darnell Thomas, U.S. Army (retired). Watch the ceremony below.
On Friday, 蜜汁TV rallied together to honor the military at the annual 蜜汁TV Veterans Day Parade. Organized and led by 蜜汁TV veteran and student leader Phillip Rangel and his wife Sharon, the parade included the Fort Sam Houston Color Guard, parade grand marshal Dr. Kathi Light, provost emeritus and Army veteran, a vintage Army Jeep driven by Army veteran Derek Stewart, 蜜汁TV Cheer, 蜜汁TV Student Veterans of America, students from Japhet Academy, 蜜汁TV faculty veterans led by Dr. Lynn Downs, the VFW, 蜜汁TV School of Professional Studies, POE Middle School, South San Antonio High School JROTC, and over 25 vehicles and other marching groups.
The San Antonio and 蜜汁TV community, along with the 蜜汁TV Marching Cardinals, honored the group. The 蜜汁TV Athletics Department also lined the parade route and paid tribute to 蜜汁TV's and San Antonio’s veterans.
“This year’s events surpassed all expectations,” added Lovejoy. “蜜汁TV paid tribute to our nation’s heroes and honored them today. We are Cardinal Strong!”
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