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Homeless veterans in Houston will receive early holiday cheer courtesy of University of Houston Air Force ROTC (AFROTC) cadets. Members of UH’s AFROTC Detachment 003 will visit veterans residing at DeGeorge at Union Station to deliver a military-style mail call and issue personalized holiday cards, as well as refreshments. Cadets will arrive at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 12. DeGeorge at Union Station is a renovated historic hotel in downtown Houston that offers 100 beds to homeless veterans. The facility is operated by U.S. VETS, a national organization dedicated to providing housing and employment assistance for homeless veterans. UH’s AFROTC program was founded in 2003 as part of the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences. Its goal is providing its cadets with the education and training necessary to become second lieutenants in the United States Air Force. This is the only college-level Air Force ROTC program in the Houston area. It also serves students at Rice University and Texas Southern University. Beginning early next year, the program will be open to the University of St. Thomas and UH Downtown. To date nine officers have been commissioned through UH AFROTC, and six cadets are scheduled for commissioning within the next year. A minor in Air Force Science is offered through the university. “This is a great opportunity for our cadets—future veterans—to thank Houston veterans for all the sacrifices they made for us and at the same time brighten their holiday season,” said Col. Philip A. Bossert, commander of UH’s AFROTC. For more information on UH AFROTC Detachment 003, visit http://www.uh.edu/afrotc/. For details on U.S. VETS of DeGeorge at Union Station, visit http://www.usvetsinc.org/default.asp.
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