Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 39. Chapters: Bands of the United States Air Force, Bands of the United States Army, Bands of the United States Navy, Navy Music Program, United States Marine Band, Boston Brigade Band, United States Air Force Band, United States Navy Band, United States Armed Forces School of Music, Tops In Blue, United States military bands, United States Army Band, The United States Army Field Band, 78th Army Band, Nevers' 2nd Regiment Band, United States Marine Drum and Bugle Corps, United States Air Force Band of Liberty, Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps, The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina Regimental Band, 25th Army Band, United States Naval Academy Band, The Airmen of Note, New York Maritime Pipe and Drum Corps, 76th Army Band, 338th Army Band, 13th Army Band, Hood's Minstrels, United States Navy Steel Band, United States Coast Guard Band. Excerpt: As part of Navy Personnel Command's Enlisted Assignment Division (PERS-40), the Navy Music Program Management Office (PERS-4014) is located aboard Naval Support Activity Mid-South in Millington, Tennessee. PERS-4014 centrally manages the Navy's 11 Fleet bands, one support unit, and two premier bands. PERS-4014 coordinates the assignment and distribution of personnel, equipment and funding to its activities worldwide, and coordinates the accession of applicants desiring enlistment as a Musician (MU). Navy Band Northwest is one of 13 Official Navy Bands located throughout the continental United States, Hawaii, Italy and Japan. The band's early history dates back to the Bremerton Navy Yard Band of 1918 and the 13th Naval District Band of 1925. In 1944, a group of sailors from various ratings formed a band at Naval Air Station Sand Point in Seattle to welcome the Hellcat Fighter Squadron of Carrier Aircraft Support Unit 7. The band became known as the Hellcat Band in honor of the...