Junior ROTC cadets reflect on community for Veterans Day [Video]

SIOUX CITY — Beginning at 5 a.m. Monday and continuing for 12 hours, cadets with the Sioux City Community School District’s Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFJROTC) will perform a special Veterans Day vigil at the Sgt. Floyd Monument.

The ceremony, similar to the vigil held at at Arlington National Cemetery, is just one of the activities featuring the cadets.

They will also perform a color guard ceremony, lay a wreath in honor of all veterans and conduct a flag-folding program to honor 19 Siouxland veterans who died in the past year.

Ready to take his spot as the first to stand vigil during the Veterans Day activity will be Cadet Lt. Col. Omar Montoya, who decided to join the Junior ROTC after learning about the program in middle school.

“I don’t come from a military family and really didn’t know what to expect from ROTC,” the high …