CMF 42-Band Army band specialties are Army Civilian Acquired Skills Program (ACASP) MOSs designed to bring skills acquired through civilian education and experience. New band Soldiers are not trained to play their instrument in their 10-week AIT. The best market for qualified musicians is students and graduates of college music programs or musicians with equivalent civilian experience as a professional musician. Applicants who are competitive for band vacancies usually have had considerable private instruction, can easily read music, and have played in professional or collegiate performing groups. Proficiency is of primary importance; a music degree is not a requirement. MOS TITLE 42R Army Bandsperson 42S Special Band Member Band Specialties (*MOS 42S only) Bassoon Keyboard Clarinet Oboe Conductor* Percussion Electric Bass Saxophone Euphonium Strings* Flute Trombone French Horn Trumpet Guitar Tuba Vocalists* 68
CMF 46-Public Affairs One tenet of a democracy is the civilian control over the military. The American public has a right to know about the Army’s missions and capabilities to defend the nation. It is the mission of Soldiers serving in Army Public Affairs to be the primary resource for commanders and senior officials to inform the American public about those activities. This mission is especially important during times of conflict and emergencies when relationships among Soldiers, Families and the communities impact the morale, esprit de corps and effectiveness of the Army. Soldiers train on journalism fundamentals at the Defense Information School at Fort Meade, Md. Soldiers must be able to work with little supervision while supporting commanders with a thorough understanding of the fundamentals of Army operations and the media. PA Soldiers serve in a variety of positions throughout the world, in operational units such as Public Affairs detachments, brigade combat teams, divisions, and corps, and a few positions in training units. PA Soldiers also have the opportunity to serve with special operations, psychological operations and airborne units. A small number of Public Affairs Broadcast Journalists are assigned to Armed Forces Network and the Pentagon Channel as on-air-talent for radio or TV. The training and experience PA Soldiers acquire qualify individuals for civilian jobs in corporate communications positions, media relations, public relations, advertising, broadcasting, newspaper, magazine and online publications as editors and journalists and with other government agencies. MOS TITLE 46Q Public Affairs Specialist 46R Public Affairs Broadcast Journalist 69