Klarinet Archive - Posting 000137.txt from 2003/11

From: "Jay niep" <Niep@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Clarinet vacancy in U.S. Marine Band
Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2003 17:22:25 -0500

members of the "president's own" US marine band in washington dc, do not
have to go to boot camp.

the audition is dec. 8th (i think, check the web page)

jay, USMB since 1988

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Callahan" <kionon@-----.com>
Subject: Re: [kl] Clarinet vacancy in U.S. Marine Band

>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Patricia A. Smith" <arlyss1@-----.net>
> To: <klarinet@-----.org>
> Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2003 12:11 PM
> Subject: Re: [kl] Clarinet vacancy in U.S. Marine Band
>
>
> > Kevin Callahan wrote:
> >
> > >Wouldn't you kind of have to be a Marine?
> > >
> > >On that note, as an instrument playing Midshipman in the USNR, I just
> want to say how stupid it is that there are no officer bands. Grr.
> > >
> >
> > Dear Kevin,
> >
> > I retired after fourteen years as a Navy musician. WE ALL would have
> > liked to have been officers, considering most of us 1) were
> > college/university graduates with hard-earned degrees IN MUSIC; and 2)
> > enlisted, whose promotions came slowly if at all, and whose only chance
> > at becoming an office was through the LDO program. None of our officers
> > came in off the street. ALL U.S. Navy music program officers are former
> > enlisted LDO's. (Limited Duty Officers, for you landlubbers). The
> > trade-off: Most didn't ever play at all. What a downer.
>
> Yeah, so I've found out. It's possible to become an officer with the
> program, but the ability to play is really limited. And in any case, I'll
be
> a ULO (Unrestricted Line Officer) and as such, even with my background in
> music, a lateral transfer into the program is very , very unlikely.
Besides,
> my warfare specialty is aviation (going for NFO), and unless I hurt myself
> and ended up as an LDO, I can't see that they'd ever let me move.
>
> > Concerning the President's Own (U.S. Marine Band) - AFAIK, they do not
> > go to Marine Corps boot camp. That may, however, have changed in recent
> > years.
>
> I did not know that.
>
> Kevin M. Callahan
> MIDN 3/C USNR
>
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