Story by Staff Sgt. Ashley Lovett | Indiana National Guard Headquarters | 12.07.2018
A quiet 17-year-old from the band halls of R. Nelson Snider High School discovered a lot about herself when she decided to join the military to pursue her love of music. “I was a passive and quiet band geek that lived and breathed band hall,” said Staff Sgt. LeeAnn Boaz. “First period was band and orchestra, second period was choir, third period was music theory and fourth period would......
Story by Sgt. Kathy Nunez | III Marine Expeditionary Force | 03.01.2017
Sgt. Nathan R. Gembreska, a bassoonist with the III Marine Expeditionary Force Band, started playing the piano as a child. Seventeen years after deciding to take lessons, he finds himself in the Marine Corps Band as a bassoonist....