A&M cadets to march in downtown Fort Worth on Saturday

Downtown will be thick with Aggies on Saturday morning.

Up to 2,400 members of the Texas A&M Corps of Cadets — including the Aggie Band — will march through the streets of downtown Fort Worth as a prelude to the football game between the sixth-ranked Aggies and Arkansas at AT&T Stadium in Arlington.

The parade is scheduled to start at 9 a.m. at Ninth and Commerce streets.

Col. Glenn Starnes, assistant commandant for operations and training, said he remembers taking such trips as a cadet himself more than 30 years ago and called it a time when local cadets could take their friends home to their families to “eat them out of house and home.”

“It’s a bonding experience for the cadets,” he said.

Moreover, it’s a chance for Corps members to showcase what they do for others.

“It’s a great experience for [those watching]. They get to see young men and women who are doing a little extra, going to A&M and keeping up the traditions,” he said. “It’s a great recruiting tool because high school students come out and see them.”

This story was originally published September 26, 2014 at 12:13 PM with the headline "A&M cadets to march in downtown Fort Worth on Saturday."