Klarinet Archive - Posting 000271.txt from 2007/09

From: Karl Krelove <karlkrelove@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Military Bands
Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2007 13:49:57 -0400

Yes, I believe that band did (does?) have "special" status. Also, I
don't think we send Coast Guard units to foreign battle zones, so Coast
Guard bands in general may present a different set of considerations.

Karl

Daniel Leeson wrote:
> Karl, did you leave out the Coast Guard Band in New London, CT in your list
> of bands with stabilized assignments?
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> Dan Leeson
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Karl Krelove [mailto:karlkrelove@-----.net]
> Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2007 10:12 AM
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: Re: [kl] Military Bands
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> Vincent,
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> As I said in my post way back at the beginning of this thread, you are
> assigned "according to the needs of" the service. Sure, there are
> bandsmen in line bands who haven't been sent to Iraq, but there's
> nothing to protect them from getting those orders tomorrow. The only
> bands that are "stabilized assignments," meaning you are assigned there
> and nowhere else for the duration of your enlistment, are the "special
> bands" - the Washington bands, the U.S. Army Field Band, the West Point
> band and the Air Force Band in , I think, Colorado. [snip]
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