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{{about|the Marine Corps band|the geographical unit|Marine band (geology)}}
{{Infobox military unit
|unit_name=United States Marine Band
|image=[[File:PresidentsOwnheader.jpg|275px|center]][[File:Presidentsown.gif|275px|center]]
|dates=July 11, 1798--present
|branch=[[File:USMC logo.svg|20px]] [[United States Marine Corps]]
|march=[[Marines' Hymn]] (official hymn) {{audio|Marine's Hymn.ogg|Play}}
[[Semper Fidelis (march)|Semper Fidelis]] (official march) {{audio|Semper Fidelis.ogg|Play}}
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Today, the Marine Band performs in approximately 500 events every year including [[State funerals in the United States|state funerals]], [[State Arrival Ceremony|state arrival ceremonies]], [[state dinner]]s, parades, concerts, and other social events. The Marine Band also travels across the country each October and November during its fall concert tour, a tradition that began in 1891 under its most famous director, composer [[John Philip Sousa]].

==Members and organization==
[[
ImagFile:PlateVII Band.jpg|225px|thumb|right|United States Marine Band uniforms.]]
The Marine Band recruits experienced [[musician]]s; members are selected through a rigorous [[audition]] procedure and must satisfy additional security and physical requirements to be eligible. Selected band members serve under a four-year contract as [[active duty]] [[Enlisted rank|enlisted]] Marines and are subject to the [[Uniform Code of Military Justice]] and physical standards. They are the only members of the [[United States (contracted; show full)
* {{cite book|url=http://www.tecom.usmc.mil/HD/PDF_Files/Pubs/Historical%20Persepctive%20On%20The%20President's%20Own%20U.S.%20Marine%20Band.pdf|title=Historical Perspective on The President's Own United States Marine Band 200th Anniversiary|first=MGySgt D. Michael|last=Ressier|year=1998|publisher=[[United States Marine Corps History Division|History and Museums Division]]|location=[[Washington, D.C.]]|id=Government Printing Office Stock Number 008-055-00213-3|ISBN= 0
-16-049644-6}}

==External links==
*[http://www.marineband.usmc.mil Official web site]
*[http://www.whitehousehistory.org/whha_exhibits/marine_band/index.html THE UNITED STATES MARINE BAND: "The President's Own," Audio & Visual Exhibit]
*[http://www.marcorsyscom.usmc.mil/sites/mcub/library/MCUR/URCH6.htm MCO P1020.34F MARINE CORPS UNIFORM REGULATIONS CHAPTER 6: MUSICAL UNITS]
*[http://victor.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/talent/detail/23127/ Discography of the United States Marine Band] on [[Victor Talking Machine Company|Victor Records]] from the Encyclopedic Discography of Victor Recordings (EDVR)

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[[Category:American military bands]]
[[Category:Wind bands]]
[[Category:Presidency of the United States|Marine Band]]
[[Category:White House|Marine Band]]
[[Category:White House Executive Residence Operations|Marine Band]]
[[Category:Military units and formations of the United States Marine Corps]]
[[Category:Military in Washington, D.C.]]
[[Category:Military units and formations established in 1798]]
[[Category:Musical groups established in the 1790s]]
[[Category:1798 establishments in the United States]]

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