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Albany
Marine Band
Marine Corps Logistics Command
Albany,
Georgia
Formed in 1990, the
Albany
Marine Band became one of only twelve bands throughout the
Marine Corps.
Stationed at the Marine Corps Logistics Base in Albany,
Georgia, this Band of fifty Marines travels throughout the
United States and internationally to fulfill its mission of
serving as musical ambassadors, providing music for military
ceremonies, community celebrations, recruiting programs, and
official events.
Although this Band primarily serves as a ceremonial
ensemble, the Band also performs as a Marching Band, Concert
Band, Jazz Ensemble, Brass and Woodwind Quintets, Jazz
Combo, Saxophone Quartet and Dixieland Band.
In December of 2003, the Albany Marine Band was awarded the
distinguished “Commander in Chief Installation Excellence
Award”. Signed
by the Secretary of Defense, this award recognizes the
members of the
Albany
Marine Band for their pride and commitment in performing
their duties.
The Secretary of Defense also noted the Band’s exemplary
achievements in supporting the mission through imaginative
and innovative actions.
The Albany Marine Band was given the great honor of
being selected to represent the United States in 2004,
performing for the Changing of the Guard at the Citadel in
Quebec City, Canada, the only non-Canadian Band to do so.
In 2009-2009, the Band traveled more
than fifty thousand miles to perform over one hundred
commitments in locations such as Essex Junction, VT, New
Orleans, LA, San Antonio, TX, and at the Re Opening of the
crown at the Statue Of Liberty in Liberty, NY. The Albany
Marine Band performed for more than twenty million people
nationwide in 2008-2009, along with performing on national
television for Good Morning America and The Outback Bowl in
Tampa, FL.
With music as their primary
mission, all Marine Musicians in the Band are selected by
audition and must maintain a high level of instrumental
proficiency.
Additionally, with the Marine Corps tradition of ‘every
Marine a rifleman,’ all Marines in the Band are fully
trained to fulfill their secondary mission of bearing arms
in the defense of our nation.
Above and beyond their musical and military roles,
each Marine has supplementary administrative
responsibilities within the Band to support the unit’s high
operational tempo.
Marine Corps Bands are
composed of men and women who are the proud bearers of a
heritage dating back to the whistling fifes and rolling
drums of the first Marine musicians in 1775.
A long-standing tradition of excellence and service
to Corps and country is their legacy, and it is one which
they willingly embrace.
They are the few, the proud, the Marines!
SEMPER FI
Band Officer
CWO2 Christian E. Flores
Band Master
Gunnery Sergeant Kenneth D. Douglas
Enlisted Conductor
Staff Sergeant Ignatius J.
Keogh
Drum Major
Staff Sergeant Mark G. Bender
Small Ensemble Leader
Staff Sergeant Kelly J. Miller
Instrument Repair Technician
Staff Sergeant Gary L. Gilbert
Lyrics to
Marines' Hymn
Listen to
Marines' Hymn
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