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U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sergeant Joshua Wagner, the Musician Technical Assistant with 8th Marine Corps District, Western Recruiting Region, speaks on Marine musician opportunities aboard Naval Air Station (NAS) Joint Reserve Base (JRB) Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas, Dec. 20, 2024. Wagner is responsible for the Musician Enlistment Option Program (MEOP) across the southwest United States. MEOP gives young men and women the opportunity to fight and win our Nation’s battles while pursuing their passion for music. Wagner is a native of Illinois. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Kree Laing)

Fuji Friendship Festival is an annual event open to Status Of Forces Agreement personnel and residents of Japan to interact with U.S. military service members on Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Shizuoka, Japan, Oct. 20, 2024. The festival featured musical performances from the III Marine Expeditionary Force Band, Omi, a Jamaican singer, and static displays of both U.S. military and Japan Ground Self Defense Force vehicles. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Vincent Pham)

U.S. Marines with "the President's Own" United States Marine Corps Band and recruiters with 8th Marine Corps District participate in the 2024 National Concert Tour October 23-25, 2024, in both Utah and Idaho. “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band’s mission is to perform music for the President of the United States and the Commandant of the Marine Corps. Founded in 1798 by an Act of Congress, the Marine Band is America’s oldest continuously active professional musical organization. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Kree A. Laing)

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Kevin Ashley, a pianist with the 1st Marine Division Band, performs an original arrangement titled “Ode to Old George,” combining the “Marines’ Hymn” and “Waltzing Matilda,” at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, April 4, 2024. Ashley won the 2023 Staff Noncommissioned Officer Musician of the Year award. Ashley is a native of New Hampshire. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Emeline Swyers)

U.S. Marines with the 1st Marine Division Band, along with other service members and civilian musicians, participate in a music clinic and joint concert at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton and Oceanside, California, March 25-26, 2024. The events allowed for service members and civilians to play music together, learn from the current director of the San Diego Symphony, and perform for the Oceanside community. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Emeline Swyers) (This video contains music provided by the 1st Marine Division Band)

U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Band San Diego perform at high schools and universities across the midwest, March 18-29, 2024. Marine Band San Diego's performances at schools nationwide allow them to connect with and inspire students and their communities while also promoting the opportunities the Marine Corps has to offer. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Francisco Angel)