Marine Forces Reserve Musician Selected as the 2025 Marine Musician of the Year - Marine Forces Reserve Musician Selected as the 2025 Marine Musician of the Year

U.S. Marine Cpl. Aidan Ehrlich (left), a bassoonist with the III Marine Expeditionary Force Band, performs alongside local musicians during the Japan – U.S. Joint Concert, Jan. 17, 2026, at the Okinawa SUNTORY Arena, Okinawa, Japan. The event was hosted by the Okinawa Defense Bureau, Ministry of Defense, and featured performances from local middle schools, the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force 15th Brigade Band, and the Japan Air Self-Defense Force Southwestern Band. The Marines performed alongside the attending bands to build and strengthen their relationships with the local community and their partner organizations. Ehrlich is a native of Texas. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Shannon Doherty) - U.S. Marine Cpl. Aidan Ehrlich (left), a bassoonist with the III Marine Expeditionary Force Band, performs alongside local musicians during the Japan – U.S. Joint Concert, Jan. 17, 2026, at the Okinawa SUNTORY Arena, Okinawa, Japan. The event was hosted by the Okinawa Defense Bureau, Ministry of Defense, and featured performances from local middle schools, the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force 15th Brigade Band, and the Japan Air Self-Defense Force Southwestern Band. The Marines performed alongside the attending bands to build and strengthen their relationships with the local community and their partner organizations. Ehrlich is a native of Texas. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Shannon Doherty)

U.S Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Lucy Warmbrodt, a Musician Technical Assistant with 9th Marine Corps District, poses for a photo at Chicago’s Midwest Clinic in Chicago, Illinois, Dec. 19, 2025. The Midwest Clinic is one of the largest music conferences in the Nation and Marines from the Drum and Bugle Corps, Marine Corps Recruiting Command, and various members of other Marine Corps Bands from across the world attended, to include the President’s Own. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Maxwell Cook) - U.S Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Lucy Warmbrodt, a Musician Technical Assistant with 9th Marine Corps District, poses for a photo at Chicago’s Midwest Clinic in Chicago, Illinois, Dec. 19, 2025. The Midwest Clinic is one of the largest music conferences in the Nation and Marines from the Drum and Bugle Corps, Marine Corps Recruiting Command, and various members of other Marine Corps Bands from across the world attended, to include the President’s Own. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Maxwell Cook)