MARINE BANDS Bandsmen Give Performances of Their Lives in Iraq By Don Bedwell Serving in a Marine band can be far more perilous than marching to the colors at a friendly base while playing "Semper Fidelis" or "The Marines' Hymn." Living up to the Corps' mantra of "every Marine a rifleman," trombonists, percussionists and clarinet players are trained to fight and to fight well when the mission requires. As one bandsman in Iraq explained to a reporter for National Public Radio, "The fact that you play tuba doesn't make you any less lethal." Marine Corps field bands are proving their...