Group TUSAB reenlistment takes place at Brucker Hall

Photo By Brian Parker | Soldiers of the United States Army Band “Pershing’s Own” pose for a photograph after a mass reenlistment ceremony at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall’s Brucker Hall Oct. 9. (Photo by Rachel Larue)  

JOINT BASE MYER-HENDERSON HALL, VA, UNITED STATES

10.09.2013

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Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall

By Jim Dresbach, Pentagram Staff Writer

JOINT BASE MYER-HENDERSON HALL, Va. - Thirteen soldiers attached to The United States Army Band, "Pershing’s Own," raised their right hands and reenlisted in the Army during an Oct. 9 ceremony at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall’s Brucker Hall.

The mass reenlistment encompassed many ensembles and support groups of TUSAB. Soldiers from the band’s public affairs office to the contemporary music group, "Downrange," to The U.S. Army Chorus signed on for continued ceremonial and goodwill missions.

Col. Thomas Palmatier, TUSAB commander, addressed the soldiers before the group took their oaths. He told them their re-ups cement and provide a solid foundation for Pershing’s Own’s future and the Army’s as well.

"I don’t look here and see a group of soldiers reenlisting; I look here and see what’s going to be the core, the backbone of Pershing’s Own, for ten, twenty years from now," Palmatier commented. "I see sergeants first class, master sergeants, sergeants major and command sergeants major of future years. That’s a great thing. What makes it special for us here; the Soldiers have that opportunity to see that happen. We will get to see these Soldiers become the core and the backbone of our unit."

The ceremony was witnessed by an additional 15 soldiers and friends of those reenlisting in the Brucker Hall lobby.

• Date Taken: 10.09.2013
• Date Posted: 10.15.2013 09:23
• Story ID: 115151
• Location: JOINT BASE MYER-HENDERSON HALL, VA, US