Battle Color Detachment

Company A

Company B

Guard Company

HQ and Service Company

Marine Corps Institute Company

U.S. Marine Band

Since 1798 the Marine Band has performed for Presidents, citizens, and our nation’s Marines across a variety of ceremonies and celebrations. Its first White House performance was for President John Adams and the First Lady in 1801, and soon after, played at President Jefferson’s inauguration. Jefferson is said to have nicknamed the band the “President’s Own”, a title which still holds true today. During the ceremony for the Washington Monument’s cornerstone laying in 1848, it was the Marine Band who played. In 1880, a young John Philip Sousa, later to be known for composing important marches, was named leader of the band. In 1963, the band led President John F. Kennedy’s funeral procession. The inauguration of President George W. Bush celebrated 200 years of the President’s Own playing at inaugurations in 2001. In the early 2000s, the band also performed at the one year memorial at Ground Zero and was a part of President Ronald Reagan’s funeral procession.

U.S. Marine Drum & Bugle Company