The U.S. Army Blues, part of the U.S. Army Band "Pershing's Own" began the evening with a medley of pop songs from yesterday and today, including hits from the Jackson 5 and Rihanna.

The song sold about 750,000 copies during the war. In 1948, the Army began looking for an official song. First the Army held a contest but none of the winners achieved any popularity.

FORT BRAGG, N.C. (Army News Service, Nov. 15, 2006) - When Angela Lashley first heard that her paratrooper son, Pvt. Jonathan Wisniewski, was being deployed to Iraq, she was devastated. "I just ...

The Army resumed its search for a song in the late 1940s, about the time Arberg was serving as an Army musician in Iran. In 1948, he became a reserve officer at Ft. Monmouth, N.J.

Boron, a musician with the U.S. Army Field Band, wrote the song and played the guitar as well as provided the vocals. “It’s always a big thrill for us when we get such a positive reaction from ...

Tom T. Hall, who died at home on Aug. 20, 2021, was a U.S. Army veteran who became a giant of country music both as a songwriter and an artist. Although he retired from the business in the early ...

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. (KWQC) - Something new will be added to the tradition of playing reveille on the Rock Island Arsenal. Starting April 22, 2021, the First Army song will be played as well.