This Military Art painting by artist Todd Krasovetz titled "Corpsman Up" depicts the Battle of Ramadi. The soldiers in the foreground are on the battlefield front-lines as the call "Corpsman Up" goes out.
A faint silhouette of the United States Marine Drum and Bugle Corps fills the sky above. The hymn is composed by Major Brian Dix, who he has led "The Commandant's Own," The United States Marine Drum & Bugle Corps since September 1998. As the fourth director since its inception in 1934, Dix has expanded the Corps' extensive repertoire with original music composed specifically for "The Commandant's Own," honoring American heroes.
Ellis Island debuted in 1999 commemorating the story of American immigrants, On the March was composed for Marine Corps drill instructors. Strong to Save was specifically composed in honor of Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient Sergeant Darrell S. Cole “The Fighting Field Music” along with a special rendition of America The Beautiful, as a tribute to Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 2d Marines, of Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, who fought gallantly during Operation Iraqi Freedom. In 2005 we debuted Corpsman Up, the first march composed for U.S. Navy Corpsmen and in 2006, Dix's historical work, a fantasy on familiar bugle calls entitled For The Color entered the repertoire.
Chester, A March was performed at more than one hundred concerts and ceremonies as a remembrance to “all who served before us” during the 2007 performance season. 1801 is dedicated to all who served at the ‘Oldest Post of the Corps’ Marine Barracks, Washington and in 2009 Birth of a Drum Corps was composed for the 75th Anniversary of “The Commandant’s Own.”