Established in the late 1950s, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Band is one of the youngest Marine Corps musical units. A band from its inception, it was later re-established as a Drum and Bugle Corps and remained a Drum and Bugle Corps until 1990, when a restructure of the Corps music program formally established the twelve Marine Corps Bands we have today.
The band travels extensively throughout the western United States. Recent tours have seen the band in Nevada, Wisconsin, and Nebraska. Some of the band's most popular performances are the annual Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California and the Longs Peak Scottish Irish Highland Festival in Estes Park, Colorado. In order to fulfill the mission of providing music for military ceremonies, community events, recruiting programs, and other official events, the 51 Marines of the band perform in a wide variety of ensembles to include concert band, ceremonial band, brass band, woodwind quintet, jazz combo and brass quintet.
The men and women of Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Band are basically trained Marine Riflemen who serve as a perimeter security/machine gun platoon during times of war. With Gulf War veterans in their ranks, they give full meaning to the term "Marine Musicians." The Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Band carries on the proud tradition of military music forged by the whistling fifes and rolling drums of the first Marine Musicians of 1775.