re: Graduates of Service Academies or military colleges

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Until recently, I didn't realize that the members of the official Marine Band don't go through any sort of recruit training.

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There are 5 or 6 Marine Corp bans the no training only applies to the “Presidents Marine Corp Band” they wanted the best musicians possible and realized the odds of recruiting them would be better if they didn’t go through basic training. Of course they are restricted to being musicians only. The members of the other Marine bands are Marines first and musicians second.