Klarinet Archive - Posting 000258.txt from 2007/09

From: Mark Charette <charette@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] Military Bands
Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2007 11:19:19 -0400

Vincent Horrillo wrote:
> All of you that say you have heard of people being transfered out of
> the Marine Bands to go to Iraq, can you give me a bit more details.
> Like what they got on their audition, where they were stationed, how
> well they got along with their superiors, and possibly their ASVAB
> score.
The only thing you need to know, truly, is what Tom wrote:

From: "Tom Puwalski" <tski1128@-----.com

> > Do not join a Marine band if you're not going to the Barracks in
> > >> downtown DC. YOU WILL BE INFANTRY!!!!!!
If you're not guaranteed, in writing, to go to the DC barracks then you
can (and will) go anywhere and do anything the Marines need you to do.
Period. Full stop.

Mark "join the Navy & see the world *" Charette

(* I did and I did. The world's 3/4 water, and I sure saw a lot of it)

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