WEBVTT 00:00.360 --> 00:02.360 My pleasure to be here . My name is 00:02.360 --> 00:04.693 Sergeant First Class Chris Buckley , um , 00:04.693 --> 00:06.916 and I've been in the band Army band for 00:06.916 --> 00:10.149 about 14 years now . I normally play 00:10.149 --> 00:12.590 something called the euphonium for the 00:12.590 --> 00:14.646 Harold trumpets , the US Army Harold 00:14.646 --> 00:16.989 trumpets , I play a tenor , uh , part 00:16.989 --> 00:19.211 which is kind of like the same range as 00:19.211 --> 00:21.600 baritone and trombone . The US Army 00:21.600 --> 00:23.656 Harold trumpets have been playing at 00:23.656 --> 00:25.719 the inauguration since 1959 , and we 00:25.719 --> 00:28.239 typically play fanfares for each 00:28.239 --> 00:30.579 president entering the dais there at 00:30.579 --> 00:32.840 the inauguration , and so we get to 00:32.840 --> 00:35.599 stand there for all of the speeches we 00:35.599 --> 00:37.766 get a front row seat and we get to see 00:37.766 --> 00:39.710 something that the rest of America 00:39.710 --> 00:42.189 doesn't get to see . It's my 4th time 00:42.189 --> 00:44.229 doing it . Each one is completely 00:44.229 --> 00:47.270 different . It's definitely like maybe 00:47.270 --> 00:49.590 something you see in a movie but it's 00:49.590 --> 00:52.069 it's a part of history it's so it's 00:52.069 --> 00:54.580 really cool to be there in that moment 00:54.580 --> 00:56.619 you know you might hear the crowd 00:56.619 --> 00:58.990 rumbling and it's a different sound 00:58.990 --> 01:02.709 it's like a wave of sound and um and 01:02.709 --> 01:04.709 you hear the applause and different 01:04.709 --> 01:06.870 sides and and you see pictures and 01:06.870 --> 01:09.309 videos later and you remember yeah I 01:09.309 --> 01:11.420 was there I was remem I remember when 01:11.420 --> 01:14.540 that happened . Being a soldier we're 01:14.540 --> 01:16.596 always proud to serve we're proud to 01:16.596 --> 01:19.300 serve every president , um you know 01:19.300 --> 01:21.660 we're always , you know , excited to be 01:21.660 --> 01:23.889 there to do what we can to do our job 01:24.089 --> 01:26.422 and just keep doing it year in year out . 01:27.730 --> 01:29.841 We're a different organization as far 01:29.841 --> 01:32.410 as we are a permanent duty station . Uh , 01:32.569 --> 01:34.625 there's a lot of training involved . 01:34.625 --> 01:36.402 There's a lot of music you have 01:36.402 --> 01:39.650 memorized , um , everyone here is at an 01:39.650 --> 01:41.650 extremely high professional level . 01:41.690 --> 01:43.468 Several of us have master's and 01:43.468 --> 01:45.579 doctorate's degrees , um , you know , 01:45.610 --> 01:47.277 it's the same level as people 01:47.277 --> 01:49.332 auditioning for the New York Phil or 01:49.332 --> 01:51.388 the Chicago Symphony . It's the same 01:51.388 --> 01:53.499 type of audition here to get here and 01:53.499 --> 01:56.209 be a part of this process . Besides 01:56.209 --> 01:58.542 some of the really cool jobs that we do , 01:58.610 --> 02:00.832 everyone always says that the best part 02:00.832 --> 02:03.054 is the people you work with , and there 02:03.054 --> 02:05.221 really are amazing people , you know , 02:05.221 --> 02:07.054 you have , you know , one of the 02:07.054 --> 02:09.110 world's greatest jazz trombonists or 02:09.110 --> 02:11.166 you have one of the world's greatest 02:11.166 --> 02:13.388 singers or electric guitar players that 02:13.388 --> 02:15.443 could be in any rock band , but here 02:15.443 --> 02:17.554 they are playing in an army rock band 02:17.554 --> 02:20.610 playing an anthem for an NFL game or an 02:20.610 --> 02:23.559 anthem for a Major League baseball game . 02:24.979 --> 02:27.146 The most important thing , I love that 02:27.146 --> 02:29.257 we play a lot of military funerals in 02:29.257 --> 02:31.479 Arlington Cemetery . And that really is 02:31.649 --> 02:34.570 touching and emotional and my father 02:34.570 --> 02:36.970 was a marine , so I understand what 02:36.970 --> 02:39.490 it's like to hear taps at his funeral 02:39.490 --> 02:42.350 so . Personally I know how much that 02:42.350 --> 02:44.880 meant to me and my family , so even 02:44.880 --> 02:46.824 though you know we're not there to 02:46.824 --> 02:49.047 receive recognition or applause , but I 02:49.047 --> 02:51.158 know how much it means to that family 02:51.158 --> 02:53.324 in that moment . To me that's the most 02:53.324 --> 02:52.619 important .