Special military ceremony held at LSU spring football game
BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - While fans and cheerleaders prepared for LSU's spring game inside Tiger Stadium, one military family in attendance Saturday was excited for another reason.
"It's my last re-enlistment that I'll be doing before I retire," said Chief Petty Officer Michael Arceneaux of the US Navy.
"We take an oath and we state what we're going to do to serve our country," said Commander Mike Kohler. "It's been going on since George Washington and it's probably going to go on well after him and I are gone."
Usually, this traditional naval ceremony would take place at a historic location like a fort or military base, but Arceneaux picked Tiger Stadium. Kohler said this is the first time they've done a re-enlistment on a football field.
"I'm really glad that the faculty and the sponsorship here...I don't know, the fan service people that supported him because it really meant a lot to him and I was honored to come over and do it," Kohler added.
Arceneaux could have done this ceremony anywhere in the country, but for him, there's no place like Tiger Stadium.
"To come here to Baton Rouge...to Tiger Stadium...it's a dream come true for me. But it's also, you usually pick somewhere that's special to you and Tiger Stadium's that for me," Arceneaux explained.
Saturday afternoon was the much-anticipated spring football game between the purple and the white.
It was the first time fans got to see the team take the field since the National Championship Game.
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