| Jarrett,
No, the premier bandsmen do not have an AIT. They report directly to their duty station, which is guaranteed before they've even signed up.
I guess I wasn't clear with my initial post. The Army has different names for everything. If you're going to be an Army musician, the classification used to be '02L', which stood for 'Bandsperson'. If you're coming into a premier band, the classification was '02S', which stands for 'Special Bandsperson'.
This was particularly fun on my first full day of Basic Training, when I was asked by a drill sargeant what my classification was. He was looking directly at my folder, but was not familiar with '02S' as there are not very many of them in the Army. When he asked me what '02S' is, and I answered 'Special Bandsperson'. Which, of course, prompted the table full of drill sargeants to jump in with, "Oh, you think you're special!?"
Loads of fun,
Joey Tartell |