Oboe Player Gets Into the Fight

American Forces Press Service ^ | Gunnery Sgt. Brenda L. Varnadore, USMC

[SandRat]

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[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

The really SMART move the Marines should make is to put this guy in a burkka and have him troll the streets of Baghdad playing his oboe. That would be GREAT PsyOps! :-)

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

BTW, John Phillips Sousa modeled his band AFTER his service to the country on the great US Marine Corps band that he conducted. The Univ. of Illinois Marching Illini was founded by one of Sousa's best trumpet players and still performs street marching akin to the US Marine Corps bands on its way to and from every football game at the stadium.

Sign me,
Univ. of Illinois Marching Illini "Fossil Band" alumni member

[Squantos]

As long as he can make an AT-4 look and sound like a Oboe !

[padre35]

So did Reagen Young complete basic training and then join the band or did he go into the band automatically skipping completing the course of study?

Either way he is pretty dog gone brave.

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

There would be much wailing and knashing of teeth to try to get that oboe to shut up! :-)

OK..... I can't resist.

Q: What's the difference between an oboe and a recorder (the wooden instrument kind)?

A: The oboe burns longer!!!!

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

As long as he can make an AT-4 look and sound like a Oboe !

'An ill wind that nobody blows good.'

[Bahbah]

So did Reagen Young complete basic training and then join the band or did he go into the band automatically skipping completing the course of study?

I read a piece here some time ago that said all of the members of the Marine band go through training first and they are not sorta kinda Marines, they are real Marines.

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

A good friend of mine, the son of my high school band director, went through the Marine Corps basic training then ended up a Lance Corporal playing in the Commandant's Own Drum and Bugle Corps unit. And yes, he looked like someone you wouldn't want to take on in a fight!

[padre35]

I ask because the peacenik (George?) Fox was a one time member of the Marine Band but did not complete Marine Corps basic training.

That and many people forget that Hildebeast tried to make the Marine Corps band switch uniforms or something similar.

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

See my post above for an answer to your question.

Any Marine Corps musician must go through recruit training and Marine Combat training after enlisting.

[VOA]

Oboe Player Gets Into the Fight

As I always say at the appropriate time during the intro to
PBS's "NOVA"...

"Cue the oboe!"

A tough instrument to play well, that's for sure.

[Squantos]

LOL !

[Billthedrill]

...they are real Marines.

Yep. Every Marine is a rifleman. This one is also a gentleman. A gentleman is a fellow who can play oboe and doesn't.

OK, so I stole it from the bagpipe players. So shoot me...

[Bahbah]

LOL.

[sionnsar]

'An ill wind that nobody blows good.'

Hey! That line belongs to our bagpipes! (My teacher played pipes in the Army, but they didn't make it his job.)

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[randita]

Any Marine Corps musician must go through recruit training and Marine Combat training after enlisting.

Not true. Members of the President's Own Marine Band (the best of the best) DO NOT have to go through recruit training or combat training. I know this personally because one on my family members is affiliated with that band. The idea behind this policy is that the President's Own wants the absolute best musicians they can get and by requiring members to undergo physical training, that might discourage the best musicians from auditioning. Marines are all about being the best, in whatever area of Marine Corps service you're in. Other bands in the Marine Corps are not exempted from training - only the President's Own. In extreme circumstances such as a widespread deployment, members of the President's Own might be required to do a desk job related to a war, but they would never be deployed in a combat situation.

As far as I know, the Navy Band at Annapolis and Pershing's Army Band (the best bands in those branches) DO have to take physical and combat training.

[sionnsar]

Q: What's the difference between an oboe and a recorder (the wooden instrument kind)?
A: The oboe burns longer!!!!

Fipple Flutes Forever!!

[sionnsar]

OK, so I stole it from the bagpipe players. So shoot me...

Bagpipes at three paces, sir! Last one standing wins.