The Color Guard team plays a pivotal role in honoring tradition and paying respect to those serving, both past and present, in the Armed Forces. The Color Guard is charged with rendering military honors and adding dignity to any military-related activity, parade, or civic event by showing respect to our nation and to those who have served.
The Color Guard also serves as the Honor Guard, a group of highly motivated individuals that maintain exceptionally high standards of appearance and conduct and show aptitude for ceremonial duty. The definition of Honor Guard stands as: “a ceremonial unit, usually military in nature and composed of volunteers who are carefully screened for their physical ability and dexterity.” Cadets who are selected to be on Honor Guard will patrol and stand guard.
2023 - 2024 Team Leaders. The Color Guard and Honor Guard Commander is c/Second Lieutenant Emily Pacheco, and the Deputy Commander is c/Technical Sergeant Sierra Cook.
Season.
The Color Guard and Honor Guard seasons is a full academic year activity; thus, it begins in August and ends in May.
Event Schedule.
The 2023 - 2024 season schedule is constantly under development as opportunities to perform arise. Please find us honoring seniors during their last games of the season and presenting the colors before each home football game, select home basketball and baseball games, and more. We also enjoyed presenting the colors before the Atlanta Hawks played the Toronto Raptors at State Farm Arena in February 2022 and to kick-off Monster Jam at the Atlanta Motor Speedway in April 2023.