In the U.S. Army, music isn’t just background noise, it’s a heartbeat. It’s the sound of unity, of home, of hope when things ...

The Army Field Band has been expanding its music genres and now has two rappers in its ranks. We'll meet them and find out why the Army in finally adding rap. Army music has come a long way since ...

Have you ever wondered why you hear a bugle playing taps every evening on Army bases around the world? Playing taps is a tradition going back to the Civil War when the tune was first heard at Harrison ...

The final note is coming soon for the band that has been stationed at Fort Leonard Wood for 70 years. The 399th Army Band stationed at the post west of Rolla is one of four bands the Army has decided ...

CONSTITUTION. OUR SERA CONGI HAD A FRONT ROW SEAT. SERGEANT EMILY DAWSON MASTERS THE FIFE, AN INSTRUMENT STRETCHING BACK TO THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. MUSIC WAS A HUGE PART OF THOSE TRADITIONAL TYPES OF ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — One of the Army’s slogans is “Be all you can be.” That’s a slogan that makes you think of self-fulfillment, being the best version of yourself, but it can also be very literal. “You ...

CAMP ZAMA, Japan – The 296 th U.S. Army Japan Band is preparing once more in its history to deactivate as a military unit, but not before a final, 10-month-long concert season. “Lights of Winter,” ...

The halls of Pierce Terrace Elementary School were filled with music and excitement as the 282d Army Band put on an energetic and engaging performance, March 18. The band entertained the young ...

In 1894, Ohio businessman Jacob Coxey led a march of unemployed workers to Washington, DC, to protest economic hardship during the Panic of 1893 — the worst economic depression in the US until the ...

Philip Norman’s 2020 book Wild Thing: The Short, Spellbinding Life of Jimi Hendrix described how Hendrix came to join the army in the first place. He had a run-in with the law after stealing some ...

Army veteran Wayne Hoey takes his saxophone with him everywhere. It came in handy this month when his flight sat on the ...