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this year is special for the military. it s celebrating its 50th anniversary of the all-volunteer force with ranks filled by americans who have made the choice to serve the nation. the air force brass band joins us now along with its commander and conductor, colonel don schofield. we re grateful to have you. we ll hear from the band in a moment. first, tell us a bit about its history. happy fourth of july. happy 4th. the air force band started in 1941. what we do is we connect people and have partnerships. less than 1% of the american population serves in the military, so military bands and the air force bands connects people with that military. we do about 1,600 performances each year, 800 of those are at arlington national cemetery. we also do protocol work, we re at the white house. in fact, we re at the white house tonight, as well. we do community relations work in which we connect the publics both here in the united states

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