On 24 February Palwaukee Squadron’s Cadet Honor Guard presented the colors during the National Anthem before the Chicago Wolves hockey game. The Cadets participation in the event at the Allstate Arena was initiated by the cadets themselves. Cadet Sergeant Peter Fox explains,“After getting approval through Major Dempsey I contacted the Chicago Wolves Home office and asked them if they would like to have us as color guard for a Chicago wolves game, and they said YES, they would love to have us. They gave me three dates to choose from. I brought it to the attention of the color guard to plan and pick the day they would be available to attend, and they chose Feb 24. I contacted the Chicago Wolves and they said it would be fine. After that I was in communication with them about tickets, planning, and where and who to meet on the day of the game. So we began drilling and drilling, and then the day came we all met up and represented Civil Air Patrol, our Squadron and Country proudly".
The color guard consisted of C/1st Lt Demayer, C/2nd Lt Lamarch, C/SMSgt Lambert, and C/SMSgt Fox. Our alternates were C/CMSgt Lieble And C/A1C Christina Zuley”
As always the cadets were sharp and professional and were a hit with the fans.
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Great idea to present at a hockey game, but the American flag is on the wrong side. It's always on its own right or ahead of the other flags in the formation. My assumption is that it was in the correct position marching out, but as soon as they faced right it was out of position. They should have gone to the end of the carpet, peeled off, headed back towards where they came from, and halted after the last guard made the turn (putting them in position for both the presentation of the colors *and* for the walk back).
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