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I'm Sergeant Evan Bell . I'm with the

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Second Marine Division band stationed

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out of camp Lee and I'm a flu and

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Picolo player . We are out here at UN C

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Pembroke for the Military Appreciation

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game and we actually went over for

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their half time and we played with the

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away team as well as the UN C Pembrook

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bands in a Military Appreciation

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halftime show . It's phenomenal . It's

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great to hear other musicians and to

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see the talent of these colleges and

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what they bring to the table . The

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biggest takeaway that I've had in while

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being in the band is just knowing that

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there's always at least one person in

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the crowd who's never seen a marine

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before . And this might be the only

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time they ever see a marine and a

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marine musician and just showcasing the

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face of the Marine Corps to all these

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people and letting them know that we're

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the first to fight as well as being

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Marine Corps bandsmen . Yes . So the

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first thing you're going to do is

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you're going to reach out to your local

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recruiter . Uh , your local recruiter

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will then get in contact with an MTA ,

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a musician , technical advisor and they

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will go about the process of giving you

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an audition . And in that audition ,

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they will assess you on how well you

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play your music that you've prepared .

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They'll give you 24 hour pieces to

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quickly prepare as well as sight

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reading . And from there , they will

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assess you . And if you pass the

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audition , they will get you over back

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to the recruiter and you'll sign the

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contract and you'll go through boot

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camp . So a day in the life of being in

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the band , especially in the second

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Marine division band , we have a

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secondary job as well as being a

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security detail for the commanding

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general . So a day to day for us is

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we'll start in the morning , the PT as

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every good marine should and then we

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will go out the day practicing and

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preparing for any upcoming commitments ,

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ceremonies that we have as well as just

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making sure we're taking care of all of

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our logistical areas . We have a

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training section . We have

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administration , we have our own public

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affairs , things of that nature . So we

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have multiple experiences that we can

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get with the band . When I was

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stationed at Marine Corps , Ruit Depot ,

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San Diego , we actually were able to go

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on multiple recruiting tours while we

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were out there going up and down the

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west coast as well as going to the

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Midwest of the United States and really

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just performing for high schoolers ,

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college level musicians and showcasing

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what the Marine Corps has to offer to

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these up and coming musicians . Another

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thing that I was able to do being out

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here at the Second Marine Division Band

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is we were able to travel out to France

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to do the Bella Wood ceremony , which

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was absolutely phenomenal . There is a

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lot of history in those sacred grounds

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for the Marine Corps from the Battle of

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World War One Battle Bella Wood . We

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were also able to , while we were there

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travel up to Belgium to do the Belgium

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International tattoo with French

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bandsmen . And these are all military

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bandsmen . French bandsmen , Belgian

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bandsmen , as well as a few other

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groups such as the Polish . And that

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was just a phenomenal experience and

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being able to travel and see a wealth

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of the world and see everything that

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the world has to offer is just

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phenomenal , being a musician in growth .

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And when I say growth , I mean , not

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only growing as a marine , growing as a

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musician , but also growing as a person .

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I came straight out of high school and

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it was a , the Marine Corps is a great

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way to grow up and it teaches you

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all of the morals values and lessons

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that you need to be at four years . Be

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it 20 years when you will leave the

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Marine Corps and you will come out a

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better civilian