May 22, 2016 ... Music in the military is a storied tradition, but some lawmakers say $437 million in  yearly ... From their humble origins in the American Revolution's .... the number of  service members assigned to military bands; the history of ... of occasions that the  United States has more military musicians than diplomats.
There are about as many members of the Armed Forces marching bands as  there are American diplomats. — PolitiFact Global News Service on Friday,  March ...
Jul 19, 2014 ... Washington's military bands offer functional music - but have the ... In practice,  however, there may not be as much difference between the two as it first appears.  ... and symphony orchestras in the name of cultural diplomacy, from the ...  Members of the Marine Band, established in 1798 to provide music for ...
Dec 25, 2010 ... We face wrenching budget cutting in the years ahead, but there's one ... The  United States maintains troops at more than 560 bases and other sites abroad,  many of them a ... in a robust military, which is essential for backing up diplomacy . ... The U.S. military now has more people in its marching bands than ...
A military band is a group of personnel that performs musical duties for military  functions, ... There are two types of historical traditions in military bands. ....  Military bands throughout Latin America draws influence from the military bands  found in ..... The Central Military Band of the People's Liberation Army is the  senior military ...
There are about as many members of the Armed Forces marching bands as there are American diplomats.