HR&P sponsors the football Military Salute of the Game before the University of Houston’s Coogs took on Arizona.

Eddie Nuñez, UH Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics, presented the game ball to Corporal Marco A. Lopez of the United States Marine Corps Reserves. Corporal Lopez served our country from 1990 to 1996 as an Infantry Rifleman Team Leader with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 23rd Marines, part of the 4th Marine Division known as the “Lone Star Battalion,” based in Harlingen, Texas.

In 1994, Marco and his unit earned first place in the U.S. Marine Corps Super Squad Competition, recognizing the top rifle squad in the nation.

A proud University of Houston alum, Marco graduated in 2014 and is joined today by his children, Kaiden, Luke, and Patty. Thank you to Marco and to all the men and women who have served our great nation.