N.C. cadets mark Veterans Day by presenting colors at NHL contest

 

 

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The Raleigh-Wake Composite Squadron Color Guard presents colors during the National Anthem.

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The Raleigh-Wake Composite Squadron Cadet Color Guard – (from left) Cadet Senior Airman Michael Sowell, Cadet Capts. Kyle Zobel and Stephen Coogan and Cadet Senior Airmen Peter Soares.


2nd Lt. Marie Shanley
Assistant Public Affairs Officer
Raleigh-Wake Composite Squadron
North Carolina Wing  

NORTH CAROLINA – The Raleigh-Wake Composite Squadron Cadet Color Guard presented the colors at the Carolina Hurricanes’ Veterans Day game against the Los Angeles Kings as more than 13,000 NHL fans watched at Raleigh’s RBC center. 

The crowd was the largest the cadets -- Cadet Capts. Stephen Coogan and Kyle Zobel and Cadet Senior Airmen Peter Soares and Michael Sowell -- had ever appeared before, and they were excited and nervous. They were especially concerned at having to walk on the ice in front of such a throng. 

Lt. Col. Paul Meade, North Carolina Wing vice commander, was at the game and remarked at how pleased he was to see the cadets. The team was also commended by Col. Roy Douglass, wing commander, who told squadron leaders that “your cadets look extremely sharp! Please pass on to them … my thanks and my congratulations to them for an obvious job well done.”

Accolades also came from Jon Chase, director of promotions for the Hurricanes. “Everyone did a great job and represented the Civil Air Patrol cadets very well,” Chase said.

"The group is well-spoken, very organized and quite professional.” 

Added Maj. Tim Tessin, Raleigh-Wake commander, “We are proud that our cadets were selected to display the colors on such an important day.”