Canadian military bands
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Military bands of the Canadian Armed Forces are organised within its Music Branch, and is composed of six full-time professional Regular Force bands, 15 Regular Force voluntary bands, and 53 part-time
Musique du Royal 22e Régiment is one of six full-time professional military bands with the Canadian Armed Forces.
The Band of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Battalion.
The Canadian Women's Army Corps Brass Band leaving for a concert in Apeldoorn, 1945.
A Royal Canadian Army Service Corps Band in Calgary, 1934.
United States military bands
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United States military bands include musical ensembles maintained by the United States Army, United States Marine Corps, United States Navy, United States Air Force, and United States Coast Guard. Mor
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A drum-major of the "President's Own" U.S. Marine Band pictured in 2011
Early American military music was centered around the fife, with brass instruments only slowly adopted.
An early iteration of the U.S. Marine Band's bearskin helmet, shown in the 1859 uniform regulations
The regimental band of the 114th Pennsylvania Infantry in zouave uniform, pictured in 1864