Enjoyed my 21 years in the band program. First assignment 5th Army Band with Hedspeth, Cottingham, Lou Wells, then to the Field Band with Fricano, Bandmaster course with Johannsen, 5th Infantry, 3rd Armored, 26th Army Band NYC, and finally back to the Field Band directing the JAs. Loved it and love working with all the great people I met. Teaching compositiion now at the U. of Arkansas Fort Smith.

I was there at Ft Polk 5th ID band 1980-1981 with Jesse Deese, Robert Wheat, John Murphy, Curtis Hampton and Danny Jaynes was our C/O.

Hey all you GREAT and dedicated veteran musicians! It's March 1, 2010 and with all your help & support, AB.C has broken the 100 contact sign-up milestone! Keep spreading the word and help us grow! Special thanks to the ARMM. You guys are awesome!

Joined Association of Retired Military Musicians 1997, Now Vice President and love this organization. A vote is in order to delete the retired and make it AMM which can only make this organization grow. I encourage you and all your people join up. It's only $15.00 a year and we do what miliary musicians do when we get together. Last year was in Oklahoma City, this year in Huntsville, AL.

I want to invite all of you to the Association of Retired Military Musicians (ARMM) reunion September 16 thru 18, 2010 in Huntsville, AL. For more information go to http://armm.us. You will be shocked at the number of your old comrades that will be there.

Hope to see a lot of people I know. Check our Association of Retired Military Musicians and join. FYI, you do not have to be retired to join. Our 2010 reunion will be in Sep in Huntscille, AL

Tuba player 1956 to 1976 everywhere

Started off in the 97th Army Band, Ft. Sill, OK. Then to Japan for my first tour and stayed there for almost 6 years and got out of the Army for 3years. Came back in to the 1st Army Band, Ft Meade, MD then back to Japan for 5_years. Then Ft.McClellan, Al and a string of WO1's before leaving there for Alaska and the 6th ID Band. Retired and Stayed in Alaska for 15 years, now in Port Angeles, WA.

Thanks for getting this website up and running! Do you also know about the Association of Retired Military Musicians? You will probably be able to find many band folks in our group there as well. I have set up a group site on FB (which is where EVERYBODY is, you know!) and invite all you folks here to join us there too. Hope we can populate this site with many more alumni!

Found Chuck Booker, Tom Rotondi, Keith and Delra Anderson, Jesse Powers, Simon Garza, Frank Valdez. Where are the rest of y'all?

Thanks Mark! Sorry we "missed" Ft. Polk

Folks - You've missed the 5th Infantry Division (M) Band at Ft. Polk. I was there when Ft. Polk was experimenting with being a "light infantry division" from 1978-1980. The division actually had vehicles that looked like armored dune buggies. Very strange. Regards, Mark Kovach

Hey John Reed... I was a flute player when you were there the second time... between 1975-1978.

I realy enjoy your brass band music and iam in Africa[uganda]my motherland.More to that i realy apreciate because you have done alot develope our talents we as ayoung generations thank you very much.

My name is Bruce Cullings. I was a member of the 8th Infantry Division Band in Goeppingen and Bad Kreuznach Germany in 1957-58 as a drummer and company clerk under CWO Kenneth Jeffry, now deceased. Any interested members or even nonmembers of the Band are encouraged to contact me regarding this year's and future group reunions.

Member 8th Inf Div Band as drummer and company clerk 1957-58. Group has reunions everyother year (this year in Philly area)! Would be interested in hearing from former band members. Look forward to seeing this great website grow.

To see the 113th US Army Band, under the "leadership" of CW4 Brian Arnold perform in Bill Murray's 1981 movie "Stripes", go to Crackle.Com & enter "Stripes" in the search field. If you advance the movie to the 1hr10min mark, you can recognize several armyband members in their 4 minute performance!

Enjoying the New year watchin fireworks from my back yard in 72 degree weather!

If this is a dream Stew, please wake me up!

Have a Happy and Safe New Year to All from Stew! 02J Clarinet 8th ID Band 1977-78 Reenlisted 1986-89 Graduated School of Music and promoted to SGT E-5 6th US Army Bankd Presidio, San Francisco Currently an Insurance Sales Agent in Southern California. Repeat after me...I,m living the Dream, I,m living the Dream I,m living the Dream! ha ha ha Later Guys!

Here's wishing all veteran musicians a Merry Christmas 2009 & a Happy New Year 2010!

In 69 the band was the 4th Army HQ band. There was a change in HQ and we bacame the 5th Army HQ band. Played graduations for BAMC, marched weekend parades all over Texas. I see that the band is now a Medical Corps band

I was contacted by Kerry McCoy and put in touch with Bill Booth who passed along this link. I'm glad they did. I was one of Paul's paul bearers....yes we do miss him.

I had 3 assignments at the 74th ending in my retirement 12/88. I am trying to find as many alumni as I can to eventually have a reunion weekend sometime in the future in Indianapolis. Let me know when you were there and some names to track down.

I'm hearing from a lot of friends on FB. Let's see if you can help me get more vets to sign up here.

Thanks to whoever got this up and running. I've been making some contacts with my old Army Band buddies and hope to find more! Still playing after all these years! I play Bass Trombone in several big bands in the Dallas Ft Worth area and went on to play professionally in a rock band called "Hired Help" in Germany and a variety Club Band called "Brave Men" in Florida. Don Myers

Hope to hear from all my 8th ID Band buddies from 1977 til 2001, when I left Germany (as a civilian). Had the greatest & most memorable time of my life! Fasching und Bierfeste. Ja Wohl!

Congratulations on being among the finest musicians in the world. Just ask Doc Severenson, or Cannonball Adderly or John Coltrane. All US military musician alumni. Also heres a Special god bless to our departed brother Paul Johnson. Oboeist and Flute with the 6th US Army Band San Francisco, CA Rest in Peace Brother. Stew...