What do they do for the military? Do they fight? Do they get paid? Are they outsourced musicians or are they actually part of the military? Also, why?
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They seem to exist for two main reasons:
1) Pomp & circumstance for various types of ceremonies/events, whether it’s for political audiences, dignitaries, promotional/command activities, fostering goodwill with civilians, etc.
2) Morale to/for troops that are deployed to locations around the world.
To answer your questions:
– Yes, they get paid.
– Yes, they are in the military themselves.
– During times of active war, they *can* be called to perform more critical ‘wartime’ duties, but that usually only occurs in extreme circumstances, such as when the 2001 surge to Iraq first popped off, and the military desperately needed bodies to fill different roles/assignments.
Source: my husband is in the military, and we’ve got numerous friends who are/were in military bands.
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