Nokomis JROTC - Honor Guard

Honor Guard

The Honor Guard is very important in the Nokomis JROTC. The Honor Guard is in charge of raising and lowering the Colors (flags) each school day. It is a privilage to be a part of the Honor Guard, and if you mess around too much or you grades start to slip too far, you are cut from the team. Once cut from the team, it is very difficult to be chosen again. Each year in late October/early November, the Seniors on the Honor Guard "retire" from the team and a new bunch of cadets fill in for them. When you are on the Honor Guard, you recieve a special blue uniform, which is the formal uniform. Unlike the regular green uniform (for the females), the blues include a skirt and heels instead of pants and dress shoes.

On POW/MIA (Prisoners Of War/Missing In Action) day, the Nokomis Honor Guard asks people from the Veterans of Forgein Wars chapter _ to come and stand with them while guarding the Colors outside, rain or shine. Right next to the flag pole is a display of flowers and a board with names on it representing the soldiers that are still MIA. Throughout the school day, the Honor Guard and the VFW members take shifts guarding the Colors; 2 Honor Guard members (each with a weapon) and 1 veteran total.

The Nokomis Honor Guard was asked last year to come and raise the Colors at the VFW chapter _ in Newport on Pearl Harbor Remembrance day in December with the chapter. This was cool to watch because before the Honor Guard raised the Colors, 4 of the VFW members marched with their weapons and, with us, presented arms and played Taps. It was also cold.