RIO HONDO — Air Force JROTC members are gearing up to host their annual Veterans Day event in November.
“They set up the place, chaperone the veterans and escort them to lunch,” said retired Air Force Lt. Col. Cliff Moriarty, who oversees the JROTC program.
The guest of honor for the event will be U.S. Rep. Congressman Filemon Vela, D-Brownsville.
“We are hoping for a full house,” Moriarty said. “The presentation should last under one hour.”
Moriarty said an email to the congressman’s local representative passed the message to Vela requesting he be the guest speaker at the school’s annual Veterans Day Event.
“Congressman Vela has done a good job for this district,” Moriarty said. “He comes from a long standing, well known family.”
Air Force JROTC cadets are eager to speak with the congressman to find out how more Rio Hondo students can attend military academies.
The event is free and the public is welcome to attend. The ceremony will take place in the Rio Hondo High School gymnasium.
Veterans and their spouses are invited to stay for lunch at the Air Force JROTC Hanger after the presentation.
Moriarty said he expects the bulk of the veterans in attendance to be Vietnam veterans.
“But we do have WWII and Korean Veterans,” Moriarty said. “The youngest ones are in their 90s.”
INFO BOX
AFJROTC TX-961 – 23rd Annual Veterans Day Program"
When: Monday, 12 November 2018
Time: 11:00AM until 11:50AM
Where: Rio Hondo High School , Large Gym Address: 22547 State Highway 345, Rio Hondo, Texas
2018 Program Speaker: U.S. Congressman Filemon Vela (D-34)
Cost: Free, all Veterans and their spouses are welcome and a Veterans Luncheon will be provided immediately after the Program in our school's AFJROTC Hangar II.
For more information or to RSVP for the Congressman luncheon, please call Lt Col (Ret) Cliff Moriarty or TSgt (Ret) Andres Davila at 748-1222 or 748-1200.
