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(Jaida Butler) I started playing music when I was in the fourth grade, and I really enjoyed it.

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And I also listened to the Navy Cruisers,
and that was like I was sure that I wanted to do music.

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(Navy Chief Petty Officer Justin Cody) Throughout the year,
we go to schools from kindergarten

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through high school. We go in and we play shows for them and talk to them about

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the Navy and just make connections. What I've learned in my life through music is

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that it can provide a type of joy, and so
for us it's super important to bring

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music to the, you know, kids around the
area because, I mean, school is hard, and

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to give them a couple hours where they can come into the gym and just dance and

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laugh and have a good time and sing, you
know, and hear songs that they know, you

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know, it provides invaluable experience
to them.

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(Navy Petty Officer 1st Class David Smith) I play music because it's just something that has always been important to me.

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It's where I found a home inside of the school atmosphere.

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You know you had people that were joining a football team, the basketball team ...

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I was the band geek.

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[Music: Saint James Infirmary]

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(Smith) It's just a sense of joy for me when I listen to music, and when I get to

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perform it, I have joy and I want to
share it with whoever wants to listen.

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So, you know, for the students, when I see the smiles on their faces, I smile. And when

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they see me smile, they smile, you know.
just always want to have a good time.

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(Butler) I think it's a lot of fun because it's
just like we always hear "military,"

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we think war and things. But when we hear that they have a band and they actually

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come and play it for us, we realize that
it's more than just going to war and

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So, it
really just opens up your eyes to how

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much fun the military could be.

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(Cullen Waller) At Suitland High School, our relationship with military bands is probably more than

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you may get other places, because we are fortunate enough here to have an applied

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lesson program where we have private teachers come in for our lessons, and

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most of them are either active military or retired military.

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(Jhair Salvon-Rivera) I actually knew
about Dr. Audrey before I came to the

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school, so when I found out that she was
my private lesson teacher, I freaked out

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because I was gonna be taught by someone
who I already know had a lot of talent.

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It was extremely like just the... one of
the best saxophone players I've ever heard.

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You know, even though they may not see

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the Navy very often, we come out and
perform for them, but we're

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representatives of all the sailors that
are out to sea around the world and

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around the clock, you know, protecting the
freedoms that give them the opportunity

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to come see us in the first place.

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[Music: Saint James Infirmary]