Klarinet Archive - Posting 000273.txt from 2007/09

From: "Bill Foss" <billfoss47@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Military Bands
Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2007 13:59:52 -0400

There is only ONE Coast Guard Band and that is at the Academy in
New London CT.

Bill Foss
US Army Retired
USC Aiken, Woodwind Professor
Director of Bands, Aiken Prep

----- Original Message -----
From: "Karl Krelove" <karlkrelove@-----.net>
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2007 1:49 PM
Subject: Re: [kl] Military Bands

> 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
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> Daniel Leeson wrote:
>> Karl, did you leave out the Coast Guard Band in New London, CT in your
>> list
>> of bands with stabilized assignments?
>>
>> Dan Leeson
>> dnleeson@-----.net
>> SKYPE: dnleeson
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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
>>
>>
>> Vincent,
>>
>> 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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