List of United States Army Bands

The United States Army has maintained multiple military bands in its over two centuries of service. These bands provide musical support for military camps and bases, military areas, and communities across the mainland United States and other territories such as Puerto Rico. United States military bands also serve in army units outside the country and in regions such as Western Europe or Eastern Asia. There are currently 87 army bands, which consists of 15 active duty regional bands, 13 reserve bands, 51 National Guard bands, and four premier bands. Many bandsmen are trained as part of Band of the Army School of Music at Virginia Beach before their assignment in these bands.

Premier ensembles

Ensemble Activated GarrisonU.S. Army Band1922U.S. Army Field Band1946Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps1960West Point Band1817

List of active regional bands

Band Garrison City United States Army Europe Band and Chorus Sembach Kaiserslautern, Germany Army Maneuver Center of Excellence Band Fort Benning Columbus, GA 1st Armored Division Band Fort Bliss El Paso, TX 1st Cavalry Division Band Fort Cavazos Killeen, TX 1st Infantry Division Band Fort Riley Manhattan, KS 3rd Infantry Division Band Fort Stewart Hinesville, GA 4th Infantry Division Band Fort Carson Colorado Springs, CO 8th Army Band Camp Humphreys Pyeongtaek, South Korea 10th Mountain Division Band Fort Drum Watertown, NY 25th Infantry Division Band Schofield Barracks Oahu, HI 56th Army Band Joint Base Lewis McChord Tacoma, Washington 82nd Airborne Division Band and Chorus Fort Bragg Fayetteville, North Carolina 101st Airborne Division Band Fort Campbell Clarksville, Tennessee 282nd Army Band Fort Jackson Columbia, South Carolina 323rd Army Band Fort Sam Houston San Antonio, Texas

List of Army Reserve bands

Band Garrison City 78th Army Band Joint Base McGuire–Dix–Lakehurst Trenton, New Jersey 100th Army Band Fort Knox Kentucky191st Army BandCamp ParksDublin, California198th Army BandRochester, New York204th Army BandVancouver, Washington/St. Paul, Minnesota208th Army BandConcord, North Carolina300th Army BandBell, California312th Army BandLawrence, Kansas313th Army BandRedstone ArsenalBirmingham, Alabama338th Army BandFort McCoyWhitehall, Ohio/Livonia, Michigan380th Army BandJoint Base Langley–EustisRichmond, Virginia395th Army BandOklahoma City484th Army BandMilwaukee, Wisconsin

List of Army National Guard bands

Band Garrison City 13th Army Band Miramar Armory Miramar, Florida23rd Army BandLehi, Utah25th Army BandBoise, Idaho28th Infantry Division BandHollidaysburg, Pennsylvania29th Infantry Division BandTroutville, Virginia34th Army BandFairfield, Iowa34th Infantry Division BandRosemount, Minnesota35th Infantry DivisionOlathe, Kansas36th Infantry DivisionAustin, Texas38th Infantry DivisionIndianapolis, Indiana39th Army BandManchester, New Hampshire40th Army BandColchester, Vermont40th Infantry Division BandLos Alamitos, California41st Army BandJackson, Mississippi42nd Infantry Division Band Camp Smith (New York)Cortlandt Manor, New York43rd Army BandLincoln, Nebraska44th Army BandAlbuquerque, New Mexico63rd Army BandSea Girt, New Jersey67th Army BandWheatland, Wyoming73rd Army Band St. Thomas, Virgin Islands88th Army Band East Greenwich, Rhode Island101st Army BandBuckley Air Force BaseAurora, Colorado102nd Army BandRockville, Connecticut106th Army BandLittle Rock, Arkansas108th Army Band Phoenix, Arizona111th Army BandPearl City, Hawaii116th Army BandMarietta, Georgia122nd Army BandColumbus, Ohio126th Army BandWyoming, Michigan129th Army BandNashville, Tennessee132nd Army BandMadison, Wisconsin133rd Army BandTacoma, Washington135th Army Band Springfield, Missouri144th Army BandChicago, Illinois145th Army BandOklahoma City147th Army BandMitchell, South Dakota151st Army Band Montgomery, Alabama156th Army BandBossier City, Louisiana188th Army BandFargo, North Dakota195th Army BandBangor, Maine202nd Army BandFrankfort, Kentucky215th Army BandFall River, Massachusetts229th Army BandBaltimore234th Army BandClackamas County, Oregon246th Army BandColumbia, South Carolina248th Army BandSan Juan, Puerto Rico249th Army BandMorgantown, West Virginia257th Army BandWashington, D.C.287th Army BandWilmington, Delaware440th Army BandMorrisville, North Carolina721st Army BandBarrigada, Guam

Notable bands that existed in history

Colored bands

During World War I, the mobilization of all African-American bands became common. Among them was the Band of the 369th Infantry Regiment (nicknamed the "Harlem Hellfighters Band") led by James Reese Europe who uniquely utilized black blues and jazz and notably introduced jazz to Europe. The 404th Armed Service Forces Band was the only all-black all-female band in military history. Other colored bands include the Band of the 107th Colored Infantry and the Band of the 805th Pioneer Infantry.

Women's bands The first all-women military band, the Women's Army Band, was organized at Fort Des Moines in 1942 by Sergeant Mary Belle Nissly. By early 1943, the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) had been at a capacity to where it could sport five bands:

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WAAC bands were later redesignated and officially activated in the Women's Army Corps (WAC) in January 1944. For a long time, the only Army Band made up of women, was the 14th Army WAC Band, which reported to the Women's Army Corps Training Center at Camp Lee in August 1948.

Mounted bands

In the first 100 years of the country's existence, mounted bands were relatively common in the ranks of military units. Mounted bands began to be assembled in the 1840s, taking multiple years to assemble. Mounted band that existed have included the 3rd Cavalry Regiment Mounted Band and the Mounted Band of the 2nd U.S. Cavalry. Mounted bands in the US Army were ultimately disbanded in the 1930s and 40s and by the end of the Second World War, there were no mounted bands left in the U.S.

Other bands Beginning in the 1880s, the United States Army Corps of Engineers maintained a band at the U.S. Army Engineer School (then the Engineers School at Willets Point, New York). Then, it was led by Swiss immigrant Julius Hamper, and was dissolved in the early 1900s after over 20 years of service in Washington D.C. Former service-wide bands include the Military Intelligence Corps Band, the Signal Corps Band and the Army Ground Forces Band. The Seventh Army Symphony Orchestra was the only symphonic orchestral ensemble to operate in the United States Army, operating from 1952 to 1962. The U.S. Army All-American Marching Band was an army-sponsored civilian marching band that recruited from high school senior musicians from 2007 to 2019.

List of United States Army Bands

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