Story by Shaehmus Sawyer | Marine Corps Base Quantico | 12.06.2024
MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. – As the lights dim, a hush sweeps over the audience – the anticipation builds. From the wings, steps a Marine in her iconic dress blue uniform. Her smile and poise grabs the audience’s attention. As she raises the microphone she draws in a breath and releases the first note letting her powerful voice fill the air....
Story by Monica Wood | Fort Sill Public Affairs | 01.26.2023
Spc. Britney Simmons always knew she wanted to perform and was living her dream as a singer/dancer in the production a show aboard a cruise ship when COVID hit in the Spring of 2020. “We have a family friend who was a band liaison in 2019-2020 when the idea first came up. He knew I was frustrated with the instability of civilian work on and off cruise ships and mentioned to my mother that......
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Cameron Edy | U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. Sixth Fleet | 12.29.2022
Musician 3rd Class Bobby Novoa’s journey from struggling artist to stardom in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa Band
Story by Joseph Siemandel | Joint Force Headquarters - Washington National Guard | 10.28.2021
This last month Sgt. Tricia Scheer, a vocalist in the Washington Army National Guard’s 133rd Army National Guard Band got to live out her dream....
Story by Staff Sgt. Kimberly Hill | California National Guard Primary | 07.03.2020
Hearne, a vocalist with the California Army National Guard’s 40th Infantry Division Band, has loved music since she was a little girl growing up in Texas with her mother and six siblings. Surrounded by musicians on her father’s side, her early home life was filled with an appreciation for performing and singing she said....
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 Lance Cpl. Cutler Brice | I Marine Expeditionary Force | 02.02.2018
SAN DIEGO, Calif. -- Honor, courage and commitment are the values that define every Marine. They are bound by these values that guide their moral compass on and off the battlefield. When Marines are not deployed, they can sometimes be found in their neighborhoods representing these distinguishing values through community outreach events....
Story by Staff Sgt. David Owsianka | 374th Airlift Wing | 01.29.2018
Silence spread throughout the room as all eyes were focused on her. She performed in front of people before, but this time, it was different....
