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The 100th Army Band, popularly known as the Band of the Century, is a United States Army Reserve unit stationed at Fort Knox, Kentucky, and a unit of the 81st Readiness Division. It was reassigned from the 100th Infantry Division on 1 October 2008 as part of the Army Reserve Transformation process. [ 1 ]
The band of Norwich University, founded in 1819, is the oldest such group. The Texas A&M University Fightin' Texas Aggie Band is the largest military band in the United States with more than 400 members. The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy is the only federal service academy not to have a co-located full-time ensemble.
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 [15] and the Mounted Band of the 2nd U.S. Cavalry.
The band itself earned campaign credit for service in the Rhineland and Central Europe. The band was inactivated in Germany in December 1945, but reactivated in Michigan during the Korean War. In 2002, the band was moved to Seattle, Washington and many of the members became attached to the 338th in Columbus, Ohio, with station in Livonia, Michigan.
The Field Band was established in 1946 by Lieutenant General Jacob L. Devers, Commanding General of U.S. Army Ground Forces, with the aim of maintaining the link between the United States Army and American public established during World War Two by organisations such as United Service Organizations and the First Combat Infantry Band.
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A member of "Downrange" - a rock band composed of musicians from the U.S. Army Band - performs for U.S. troops in Iraq. Soldiers in Army bands can reconfigure from a ceremonial ensemble to smaller, genre-specific groups that provide live entertainment to troops in remote areas and combat theaters with cover songs of popular hits.
The Reserve Components of the United States Armed forces are named within Title 10 of the United States Code and include: (1) the Army National Guard, (2) the Army Reserve, (3) the Navy Reserve, (4) the Marine Corps Reserve, (5) the Air National Guard, (6) the Air Force Reserve, and (7) the Coast Guard Reserve.