Story by Lance Cpl. Andy Martinez | III Marine Expeditionary Force | 03.03.2017
CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, Japan – Ever since Staff Sgt. Michael Newell was a young boy, he wanted a career in music. He spent years practicing various instruments, such as the saxophone, violin, trumpet, cello, flute, clarinet and drums, hoping to one day shine in the spotlight in front of the world....
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....
