Preparations began early with a UNIFORM INSPECTION for PARADE on 2 May 2012 and a rehearsal of both unit's Color Guard representations. Corpus Christi cadets carried the US flag and rifle and the Coastal Bend Cadets carried the CAP colors.
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| Cadets from the two units practice in Kingsville on 16 May 2013 |
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| The joint CC-CAP and CBC-CAP Color Guard practice at CAP STATION CORPUS CHRISTI before the Buc Day's Parade |
Major J.E. Carrales, CAP and SM A. Berry, CAP represented the Coastal Bend Cadet Squadron detachment with C/CMSgt S. Del Valle, the unit's First Sergeant commanding a small flight made up of
C/Amn A. Everett, C/Amn J. Godinez, C/Amn J.H. Saenz, C/Amn Matias Escobedo and C/AB Eliberto Norrega.
The COASTAL BEND CADET SQUADRON and CORPUS CHRISTI COMPOSITE SQUADRON had been asked to march in the 2013 Buc Day's Illuminated Night Parade which was marched in downtown Corpus Christi, Texas on Saturday, May 4, 2013 in the evening. Cadets practiced their marching skills at CAP STATION COPRUS CHRISTI at CORPUS CHRISTI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT and at the parade to the Parade Marshalling area in the vicinity of Buc Stadium in Corpus Christi, Texas.
