Army and Air Force ROTC to march in Veteran’s Day parades

November 8, 2011

For sophomore biochemistry major Leonard Frisbie, being a cadet in the Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps means remembering those who have served before him.

And this Veteran’s Day is no exception. The Army ROTC at King’s College, which several Wilkes students including Frisbie are part of, took part in the Scranton Veteran’s Day parade and rededication ceremony at theMain Squareveteran’s memorial.

“We see firsthand people who have served and most of us will be people who will serve so in ten years this may be us,” Frisbie said. “So (it’s about) remembering our friends, our fellow soldiers who served.”

The Air Force Reserve Officers’ Training Corps here at Wilkes also participated in Veteran’s Day activities. The cadets marched in the Wilkes-Barre Veteran’s Day parade that started inKingstonand went across theMarket Streetbridge intoPublic Square. The cadet corps were led by the Air Force ROTC Honor Guard.

Recruiting Flight Commander Lt. Marc Honrath said cadets will also be assisting veterans at the Wilkes-Barre VA Medical Center.

“Veteran’s Day is a day to recognize all our veterans not only those from the past but also current vets, ones that come back fromIraqandAfghanistan,” Honrath said. “(It’s about) anything you do to remember them and just say thanks for their service.”

Honrath says in order to honor veterans, even when it is not Veteran’s Day the ROTC tries to keep the cadets busy by going to the VA medical center.

“They enjoy meeting all the former veterans and hearing them talk about their time in the service in a positive light so it gives them motivation to do well in school and participate in the ROTC program,” Honrath said.

Honrath says that even though Veteran’s Day is only one day a year, it is important to keep veterans in mind most of the time.

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Christine Lee, Life Editor

Senior News Editor Christine Lee is a senior communication studies major with concentrations in journalism, broadcast media and rhetoric and minors in history and political science. She brings three and a half years of experience writing for The Beacon, having served as Life Editor from January 2011 (spring semester of her freshman year) to April 2012 (her sophomore year) and a staff writer from September-December 2010 (fall of her freshman year). She became news editor in fall 2012 and as a graduating senior, she serves as a writer and mentor to incoming Beacon staff. Christine carries a passion for all things news and current events and looks forward to covering major events on campus. She fully believes in respect for each person being interviewed, as she believes they have a story to tell her and she is recording it in print or on-air. A Dean's List student, she hails from the small town of Bloomsbury, N.J., and in addition to her role as News editor, she is an on-air reporter for "Wilkes Now," the student-produced television program filmed on campus, sings with the University Chorus and a local church choir, is an E-mentor for first-year students and is involved in a number of other little activities on campus. She is a student member of the Society of Professional Journalists-Wilkes Chapter.