The Kenya Navy Band under the highly professional direction of the Director of Music, is establishing national reputation by not only performing Military Band Music of an exceptional standard, but also by helping to create a specifically Kenyan Military Music Culture.
Drum calls regulated the Soldiers' day, since regulations did not allow verbal commands, and each man had to learn to respond instantly to the drum. On the orders of the deputy chief commanderEnver Pasha, this band was organized in 1914, took the name of mehterhane-i hakani (Imperial military band) and was united with the army of the World War I.
The Navy Band is moving uniformly forward together. 1917 saw a short recession of the band, and it was reformed late in 1918. Several were killed in action and a number were decorated for gallantry. By the time of the Civil War, each company had its own field musicians, one fifer and one drummer, to provide the daily signals telling the soldiers to wake up, eat, and go to bed. Col. Shelburne also led the band in performances in Sweden, the Netherlands, Turkey, Nova Scotia, Scotland, and a concert of International Goodwill with the Soviet Union's Navy Band in Stockholm. School started at 0900 until 1100 followed by musical training from 1100 to 1200 and 1400 to 1600.
The band is an integral part of the New Zealand Police and a source of pride amongst Police members – most of whom have marched to its music at their graduation parades.The band has accompanied Police through times of celebration and sadness and its pipers are frequently called on for Police funerals and memorial services. The nearly 500 bands serving the Army during World War II were categorized into three types: special bands, separate bands, and organization bands. Band was formed and activated. In June 1943, the United States Army Band was called overseas to perform in North Africa and in Europe during World War II. The first Teacher of Music for the Military Band was musician Daniel Loomis. In doing so, AABC personnel have been deployed to Bougainville, East Timor, Solomon Islands, Iraq and Afghanistan. Vernon, Virginia. This was passed and on 26 February 1927, the day after the bandsmen were discharged as members of the former WIR, the full Band became part of the Local Forces of Jamaica – renamed the Jamaica Military Band. The combination of the fife and drum became known as military field music. The colonists held rallies with patriotic speeches and banners. "Army Blue", performed by the U.S. Army Ceremonial Band. In December 1986, a batch of 15 Privates Under Training (PUT’s) from the Naval Training School (NTS) were nominated to form the Naval Corps of Drums. The present International Committee came into force on 1st January 1988, on the basis of one representative member from each branch.