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Re: US Marine Band at Work

Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2003-03-20 13:42

John -

Special Band members (USAF, USN, US Army, US Army Field, West Point, Coast Guard) go through basic training, but not combat training. At one point, I believe The Marine Band members didn't go through the famously tough Marine basic training, but in this all-volunteer era, they may. At any rate, when I was in the West Point Band (at the height of the Vietnam War), the band members were anything but combat-ready, and the "training" we went through consisted of a yearly refresher on marching in straight lines during parades.

Best regards.

Ken Shaw

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