USAF bands told to ‘dump tubas and grab guns’

USAF bands told to ‘dump tubas and grab guns’

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norman lebrecht

March 25, 2016

Rep. Martha McSally (R, Airzona) has told the House Armed Services Committee in a budget debate that ‘we have hundreds of people playing the tuba and clarinet…. If we really had a manning crisis, from my perspective, we would really tell people to put down the tuba and pick up a wrench or a gun.’

The Air Force band programs engage 540 enlisted airmen and 20 officers.

Sign of the times?

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