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1st Marine Division Band
Chief Warrant Officer
Mike Edmonson
  • CWO3 Edward Hayes

    • The 1st Marine Division Band is a regional

    military parades a year.[1][2]

    History

    The 1st Marine Division Band was organized during

    Iraq conflict (2003–present).[4] During the lattermost conflict, the band was attached to Headquarters Company, 5th Marine Regiment at Camp Fallujah, Iraq from February 2006–January 2007.[5] During this deployment, the band served as a security platoon.[6][7] In 2008, the band was awarded the "Colonel George S. Howard Citation of Musical Excellence for Military Concert Bands" by the John Philip Sousa Foundation.[8] In 2006, the band took part in the State funeral of President Gerald Ford and has annually taken part in the Rose Parade as part of the USMC West Coast Composite Band.[9]

    Ensembles

    The following ensembles are subordinated to the 1st MARDIV Band:

    Gallery

    • CWO3 Edward Hayes, director of the 1st Marine Division Band, conducting during a concert at the California Maritime Academy in Vallejo.
      CWO3 Edward Hayes, director of the 1st Marine Division Band, conducting during a concert at the
      California Maritime Academy in Vallejo
      .
    • Members of the band with the Musique des Troupes de Marine in 2015.
      Members of the band with the Musique des Troupes de Marine in 2015.

    Sources

    1. ^ "1st Marine Division Band (1st MARDIV Band)". marineparents com.
    2. ^ Sorensen, Emily. "1st Marine Division Band to perform free concerts in Escondido". mcall.com.
    3. ISBN 9781576383179
      – via Google Books.
    4. ^ "Back From Iraq, Marine Band Will Lead Big Parade". 24 October 2003 – via LA Times.
    5. ISBN 9781506310817
      – via Google Books.
    6. ^ "1st Marine Division > Units > 1ST DIV BAND". www.1stmardiv.marines.mil.
    7. ^ "NPR: Analysis: 1st Marine Division Band Prepares for Battle in the Kuwaiti Desert". www.npr.org.
    8. ^ "The 1st Marine Division Band plays Arcadia August 7". 31 July 2014.
    9. ^ "Renowned 1st Marine Division Band to perform during Vietnam Veterans Recognition Ceremony". 13 September 2014.
    10. ^ "This Marine band doesn't march ... it rocks". Orange County Register. 9 September 2010.

    External links

    Media related to 1st Marine Division Band at Wikimedia Commons

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