{"id":4784,"date":"2020-12-15T22:39:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-15T22:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/?p=4784"},"modified":"2020-12-16T06:58:53","modified_gmt":"2020-12-16T06:58:53","slug":"rotc-gathered-in-celebration-of-101-veterans-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/index.php\/2020\/12\/15\/rotc-gathered-in-celebration-of-101-veterans-day\/","title":{"rendered":"ROTC gathered in celebration of 101 Veterans Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4784\" class=\"elementor elementor-4784\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7d51f48e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7d51f48e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a664ec1\" data-id=\"a664ec1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da41c58 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wp-widget-media_audio\" data-id=\"da41c58\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wp-widget-media_audio.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4784-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/wav\" src=\"https:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Veterans-day_mixdown.wav?_=1\" \/><source type=\"audio\/wav\" src=\"http:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Veterans-day_mixdown.wav?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Veterans-day_mixdown.wav\">https:\/\/thesouthtexan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Veterans-day_mixdown.wav<\/a><\/audio>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca1514f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ca1514f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n<p>Three loud bangs rang throughout campus on Wednesday Nov. 11. Ol\u2019 Smokey, the cannon, was fired in honor of the ROTC\u2019s celebration of the 101st Veterans Day. ROTC cadets marched and could be heard chanting the cadence \u201ccome on over\u201d as they joined join the ceremony in front of College Hall.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was just a fun little thing we decided to put in place,\u201d Ahern Trevino, cadet company commander, said.\u00a0\u201cI think back in the \u201950s or \u201960s this had been done before and we just haven\u2019t done it since then so one of our cadets had the idea let\u2019s revive it and have a little celebration in honor of all the veterans and those who are serving.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>During the ceremony the ROTC Color Guard lowered and retired the flag for the evening. As the flag was lowered the ROTC cadets and several others in attendance saluted and put their hands over their hearts, out of honor and respect for the flag and for those who have served and are currently serving.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u201cVeterans Day is a really important day because it remembers those who have served the country, those who give all that they have and that\u2019s one reason why I joined ROTC and the Army to give back to the country,\u201d Squad Leader and Cannon Team Commander\u00a0Luke Haydon\u00a0said.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Throughout the ceremony the cannon was fired three times, a common military salute.<\/p>\n<p><code id=\"soliloquy-shortcode\" class=\"soliloquy-code\" style=\"font-family: Consolas, Monaco, monospace; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; margin-right: 1px; margin-left: 1px; background: #f7f7f7; font-size: 13px; display: block; border-radius: 3px; color: #444444; padding: 10px !important;\">[soliloquy id=\"4897\"]<\/code><\/p>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThree volley salute is your standard military salute,\u201d Cadet Daniel Duque said.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s typically done at military funerals and you have the twenty-one-gun salute and that\u2019s going to be with seven members shooting their guns three times.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have pride in it, a lot of veterans will go to the game just to see Ol\u2019 Smokey fire off a few rounds when the Javelina score; it\u2019s what they look forward to that\u2019s what I used to go to the games for &#8211; just to see the cannon so it\u2019s more of a pride thing for the program and for the students as well,\u201d Duque said of the cannon.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The ceremony ended with the ROTC cadets marching back and continuing their chant, \u201cCome On Over.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three loud bangs rang throughout campus on Wednesday Nov. 11. 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