• U.S. ARMY BANDS IN HISTORY
  
  
• PRE-REVOLUTIONARY WAR
• THE COLONIES GO TO WAR
• PROBLEMS IN THE NEW ARMY
• THE FIRST ARMY REGULATION
• PEACE WITH GREAT BRITAIN
• WEST POINT
• THE WAR OF 1812
• THE ARMY'S FIRST BAND AUTHORIZATION
• BANDS FROM 1830-1860 - RISE OF THE BRASS BAND
• THE SCHOOL OF PRACTICE
• THE CIVIL WAR
• CIVILIAN BANDS REPLACE MILITARY BANDS
• BANDS OF THE WEST
• THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR AND THE PHILIPPINE INSURRECTION
• THE MEDAL OF HONOR
• THE ARMY REGAINS ITS BANDS
• GENERAL PERSHING AND ARMY BANDS
• THE ARMY MUSIC SCHOOL
• THE ARMY BAND
• BANDS IN THE PEACETIME ARMY
• BANDS IN WORLD WAR II
• PEACE RETURNS
• KOREA
• THE ARMED FORCES SCHOOL OF MUSIC
• VIETNAM
• POST VIETNAM ERA
• THE BICENTENNIAL BAND
• BANDS IN THE 1980'S
• OPERATION JUST CAUSE
• DESERT SHIELD - DESERT STORM
• HURRICANE ANDREW
• HAITI
• DOWNSIZING THE ARMY
• BOSNIA

U.S. ARMY BANDS IN HISTORY

DESERT SHIELD - DESERT STORM

The invasion of Iraq into Kuwait in 1990 brought the US into conflict again. Bands once again distinguished themselves.

Eight bands saw duty in the Gulf War. They were: 1st Armored Division Band, 1st Cavalry Division Band, 1st Infantry Division Band, 3rd Armored Division Band, 24th Infantry Division Band, 82nd Airborne Division Band, 84th Army Band, and 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault).

In addition, two National Guard Bands, the 129th Army Band, and the 151st Army Band, were activated to support Ft. Campbell while the 101st Airborne Division Band was stationed in the Gulf. The two National Guard bands provided musical support to the families during the war. They also performed for troops returning from Desert Storm.

Bands' duties were varied. The 24th Infantry Division Band provided little musical support. The 3rd Armored Division Band provided music up to and including the start of the war. The 3rd Armored Division Band performed on the enemy side of a berm while the 24th Infantry Division advanced into Iraqi territory. Many bandsmen spent countless hours guarding the perimeter.