“Give me an Army of West Point graduates, and I’ll win a battle. Give me a handful of Texas Aggies and I’ll win the damn War”. - General George S. Patton
LOL. Every West Pointer I served under was a know-it-all tool. My first platoon leader was a West Pointer. Thought he knew everything and refused to listen to our platoon Sgt. Constantly got us lost because he couldn't work a compass and map. We were out training on a movement to contact and he decided to fire off a parachute flare. He slammed it against his thigh instead of the palm of his hand, the flare went horizontal, and passed about 2 inches from our batallion commanders left ear. A couple of days later we no longer had a platoon leader and our favorite butter bar was the new batallion supply officer. Our platoon rejoiced. 1978-1980, Ft Ord. 2/31st inf
I am currently deployed to Afghanistan, I am a Marine of 15 years, and I still get on you tube to watch my beloved Aggie football, and to get my Fighting Texas Aggie Band fix, GiG Em Aggies Classs of 2007!!!!!! WHOOOOOOOOP!!!! The songs bring back so many memories!!!!!!!!
I graduated from Special Warfare School at Ft. Bragg in 1967, days of Gobbler Woods and C-123 night jumps, does not matter how old I am now that song makes me feel forever young. God Bless SF and all the Mike Force guys I fought with, those living and those departed.
I am a Canadian who went to Texas A & M and played for the Aggies as a defensive back. I was drafted by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League because I was designated as a Canadian and not an "import". I played 6 games, returning an interception for a touchdown, and broke my ankle never to play again. I will never forget the kindness love and sportsmanship of the people there. Best marching band ever, and the Ballad of the Green Beret brings tears to my eyes. 'Aggies do not lie, cheat or steal nor tolerate those that do' God bless you all. Forever in my heart. From your friends and neighbours up north. We have your back!
I was 10 in 1966 when my father brought home Sgt Barry Sadlers Ballad of the Green Berets album. Still one of my favorite albums to this day. Ended up doing 4 years in the Army myself.
My dad brought it home in 66 when I was 6. He was a helicopter mechanic with 3 tours. I wanted silver wings, so I joined the Airborne. Never made it to SF, my eyes kept me out.
Just stumbled across this 15 years later. Can't believe I found a video of the Aggie Band with my buddies and I in it. It's a little blurry, but I'm in boots on the near side, first trumpet behind the sax section. And good ol Darius behind me. Good memories. Miss ya'll. Whoop C/O '08
I am not an American, but I love this song, and have done so over so many years. A true tribute to the Green Berets. Bless you all for your service to your country......!
Never knew much about the Aggie band until I started watching them on RUclips. I can honestly say I have watched dozens of University bands and these guys bar none are the best. Game day has to be really something special at A and M.
if any aggie band officials read this, please consider to make some top professional dvd's and cd's with the sound that this band deserves. how about cd's or dvd's such as " aggie band plays glenn miller, aggie band plays sousa, aggie band plays american marches.etc..and guys please market these products properly. thanks again for keeping the traditional spirit going.
I had the honor of meeting Barry Sadler. I was working for the Boy Scouts of America at the time. He came to the office to arrange a fund raising event. Nice guy.
That’s because Texas A&M is one of the US Senior Military Colleges which, like the Federal Service Academies (West Point, Annapolis, etc.), train officers for active duty service. The others are The Citadel, Virginia Military Institute, Virginia Tech, the University of North Georgia and Norwalk University.
This is absolutely the most fantastic marching band around. I will make a point and see them live at the next possible opportunity. Great effort of these young musicians..keep it going and stick with tradition and traditional music. Thanks Thanks Thanks....
The nationally famous Fight'n Texas Aggie Band. They are comprised of 303 members. The Texas A&M Corps of Cadets is the largest single source of reserve military officers outside the US military branches.
If this doesn’t give you goosebumps, you are dead Most people don’t understand that Texas A&M developed more military officers for the second World War™ than anybody outside of the service academies
I am a Sooner but get goose bumps when I hear the Aggie band fire up. You guys are the best out there hands down !! I will say gig 'em as my hatred for the shorthorns runs fathoms deep.
and on the 8th day, god created the TEXAS A&M AGGIES, he looked down and said " I HAVE CREATED THEM AND DAMN THEY ARE AWSOME ! " THE ABSOLUTE FINEASTMILITARY MARCHING BAND IN THE WORLD ! WORLD FAMOUSE ! GIG EM !
Graduates from Texas A&M, The Citadel, West Point and VMI make up the heart of the Army's officer corps! Gen George Patton said: “Give me an Army of West Point graduates and I'll win a battle... Give me a handful of Texas Aggies and I'll win a war.” I'm biased, though. My son-in-law is a Texas A&M graduate and retired officer; My best friend from high school also graduated from A&M, was an Army officer and was seriously wounded in Viet Nam. GIG 'EM!
My dad taught at Texas A&M in the early 50's after he returned from Korea. Went to my first football games back then. LOL yep I am old. All I remember was being a bored 5th grader attending because dad thought we should attend and support the Aggie team. At the time Bear Bryant was a couch and his son went to school with me. What I really remember was having to take ballroom dance class. And Coach Bryant's son was in these class. I think all either of us learned was how to stomping toes. LOL we were bored stiff 😅
It is. The Aggie Band adds so much color and pageantry to game days that a popular Aggie saying is, "Aggies may lose on the field, but they've never lost a halftime."
Someone asked why some are wearing boots and others not. I neoeve only Seniors are allowed to wear boots, spurs, and taps. Please correct me if I am mistaken.
Can you imagine a college campus where even 1/100 of the graduating class could actually pass a personnel inspection; do the manual of arms; and, qualify with the military rifle? I don't know - it just seems wrong. If I could render that much service to my country so can they.
I am disappointed in that the show from the rear of the band towards the end of the video, one of the aggie bass horn players (second from the right) was woefully out of step TSK, TSK In any event---- best marching band in US. GIG EM!!!
Are there any recordings of his being sung? I have a small box of these records along with a box of Auburn 45 rpm records if their fight song and know nothing about them.
@@tom8hoes Pardon me - SOUSAPHONE player. You know, those big circular brass things the guys in the last few rows are playing? That's what they're called, in case you didn't know.
“Give me an Army of West Point graduates, and I’ll win a battle. Give me a handful of Texas Aggies and I’ll win the damn War”. - General George S. Patton
LOL. Every West Pointer I served under was a know-it-all tool. My first platoon leader was a West Pointer. Thought he knew everything and refused to listen to our platoon Sgt. Constantly got us lost because he couldn't work a compass and map. We were out training on a movement to contact and he decided to fire off a parachute flare. He slammed it against his thigh instead of the palm of his hand, the flare went horizontal, and passed about 2 inches from our batallion commanders left ear. A couple of days later we no longer had a platoon leader and our favorite butter bar was the new batallion supply officer. Our platoon rejoiced. 1978-1980, Ft Ord. 2/31st inf
I am currently deployed to Afghanistan, I am a Marine of 15 years, and I still get on you tube to watch my beloved Aggie football, and to get my Fighting Texas Aggie Band fix, GiG Em Aggies Classs of 2007!!!!!! WHOOOOOOOOP!!!! The songs bring back so many memories!!!!!!!!
Semper Fi
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Thank you for sharing
We might occasionally be bested on the scoreboard - but we are never bested on the drill field. Dale Wooddy '79
Thank you for your service, from Australia, America is one of our strongest allies
Thank you for your service to our country. 🇺🇸
I graduated from Special Warfare School at Ft. Bragg in 1967, days of Gobbler Woods and C-123 night jumps, does not matter how old I am now that song makes me feel forever young. God Bless SF and all the Mike Force guys I fought with, those living and those departed.
Just one word brother, RESPECT.
I am a Canadian who went to Texas A & M and played for the Aggies as a defensive back. I was drafted by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League because I was designated as a Canadian and not an "import". I played 6 games, returning an interception for a touchdown, and broke my ankle never to play again. I will never forget the kindness love and sportsmanship of the people there. Best marching band ever, and the Ballad of the Green Beret brings tears to my eyes. 'Aggies do not lie, cheat or steal nor tolerate those that do' God bless you all. Forever in my heart. From your friends and neighbours up north. We have your back!
I was 10 in 1966 when my father brought home Sgt Barry Sadlers Ballad of the Green Berets album. Still one of my favorite albums to this day. Ended up doing 4 years in the Army myself.
My dad brought it home in 66 when I was 6. He was a helicopter mechanic with 3 tours. I wanted silver wings, so I joined the Airborne. Never made it to SF, my eyes kept me out.
Just stumbled across this 15 years later. Can't believe I found a video of the Aggie Band with my buddies and I in it. It's a little blurry, but I'm in boots on the near side, first trumpet behind the sax section. And good ol Darius behind me. Good memories. Miss ya'll. Whoop C/O '08
I am not an American, but I love this song, and have done so over so many years. A true tribute to the Green Berets. Bless you all for your service to your country......!
Beautifully done . God Bless them all
Never knew much about the Aggie band until I started watching them on RUclips. I can honestly say I have watched dozens of University bands and these guys bar none are the best. Game day has to be really something special at A and M.
if any aggie band officials read this, please consider to make some top professional dvd's and cd's with the sound that this band deserves. how about cd's or dvd's such as " aggie band plays glenn miller, aggie band plays sousa, aggie band plays american marches.etc..and guys please market these products properly. thanks again for keeping the traditional spirit going.
That little sway of the whole band in time together as they step left and right is so subtle, and just rustles my jimmies.
I had the honor of meeting Barry Sadler. I was working for the Boy Scouts of America at the time. He came to the office to arrange a fund raising event. Nice guy.
One of the best looking marching bands in the country! Greetings from Utah
Great to see a military style college band and one that uses traditional parade snare drums.
That’s because Texas A&M is one of the US Senior Military Colleges which, like the Federal Service Academies (West Point, Annapolis, etc.), train officers for active duty service. The others are The Citadel, Virginia Military Institute, Virginia Tech, the University of North Georgia and Norwalk University.
@@seamus1956 Thank you for this detailed information.
This is absolutely the most fantastic marching band around.
I will make a point and see them live at the next possible opportunity.
Great effort of these young musicians..keep it going and stick with tradition and traditional music. Thanks Thanks Thanks....
A Salute...From a 26 year "Band-Parent" and Retired Paratrooper! Untill I can see this in person...I have You-Tube!
The nationally famous Fight'n Texas Aggie Band. They are comprised of 303 members. The Texas A&M Corps of Cadets is the largest single source of reserve military officers outside the US military branches.
They are just magnificent.
Watching a large band on the march always gives me chills...even if one of the tuba players looses cadence!
If this doesn’t give you goosebumps, you are dead
Most people don’t understand that Texas A&M developed more military officers for the second World War™ than anybody outside of the service academies
Now that is a band! Fighting Texas Aggie band. Thank you. Your patriotism will not go unnoticed.
I'm Canadian and I love it too
There truly is a spirit can n'er be told. I could watch this 2009 times. -FTAB '09
what real marching band is all about. Precision and solid instrumentation.
I am a Sooner but get goose bumps when I hear the Aggie band fire up. You guys are the best out there hands down !! I will say gig 'em as my hatred for the shorthorns runs fathoms deep.
VERY IMPRESSIVE...GIG'EM FROM 1961 ....!!!
Sends chills down my spine at the might and power of the human spirit of Aggieland!
Excellent video!! We would love to be able to see this in person. Thank you for posting it.
Thanks for the upload! This is the first time I’ve heard the Ballad of the Green Berets used by a marching band.
I liked the theme from Patton Better in the beginning.
Excellent! I wonder now, 20 years later, how many universities would allow such a number.???
thank you Texas A&M marching band Brendan and Kevin Hannigan a man
She is brilliant an has a great voice right down to her dance an salute well done ❤❤❤
and on the 8th day, god created the TEXAS A&M AGGIES, he looked down and said " I HAVE CREATED THEM AND DAMN THEY ARE AWSOME ! " THE ABSOLUTE FINEASTMILITARY MARCHING BAND IN THE WORLD ! WORLD FAMOUSE ! GIG EM !
thank you very much justin, GIG EM !
thanks s3dh3k
thanks
thank you suzy, gig em aggies ! stay safe
wow, you are really pretty ! thanks for the like, GIG EM AGGIES !
Graduates from Texas A&M, The Citadel, West Point and VMI make up the heart of the Army's officer corps!
Gen George Patton said: “Give me an Army of West Point graduates and I'll win a battle... Give me a handful of Texas Aggies and I'll win a war.” I'm biased, though. My son-in-law is a Texas A&M graduate and retired officer; My best friend from high school also graduated from A&M, was an Army officer and was seriously wounded in Viet Nam. GIG 'EM!
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Thank you for sharing
One of if not the most impressive marching band in the world..
...when I went to A&M it damn sure didn't look like that!!....it's really changed.
You should see what it looks like now! The stadium looks nothing like that anymore.
My dad taught at Texas A&M in the early 50's after he returned from Korea. Went to my first football games back then. LOL yep I am old. All I remember was being a bored 5th grader attending because dad thought we should attend and support the Aggie team. At the time Bear Bryant was a couch and his son went to school with me. What I really remember was having to take ballroom dance class. And Coach Bryant's son was in these class. I think all either of us learned was how to stomping toes. LOL we were bored stiff 😅
Gig'em '81. K-2 CT. Behind the Band is the Fightin' Texas Aggie Corps of Cadets!
Went to 2017 Bell Bowl Football game in Charlotte, Wake Forest won over A&M in a high scoring game, but that A&M band was worth the admission.
Awesome!!!!!
Certainly wouldn't see this at all those Liberal Colleges. God Bless Texas!
They would run out of safe spaces.
It is. The Aggie Band adds so much color and pageantry to game days that a popular Aggie saying is, "Aggies may lose on the field, but they've never lost a halftime."
OUTSTANDING
Awesome!
Impressive to say the least!
I`m surprised that no one mentioned the song being played when the video first starts is from "Patton" ..Remember?!?
Inspiring!!
Texas has the really good marching bands
I really do miss these days. Kyle Field looked a lot different back in 2000.
I know it sounds corny but, DAMN, it makes me proud to be American
IMPRESSIVE!!
LISTEN...YOU CAN HEAR NUMBER ONE FROM THE START!!
Super 👌
Someone asked why some are wearing boots and others not. I neoeve only Seniors are allowed to wear boots, spurs, and taps. Please correct me if I am mistaken.
You are correct. And upperclasmen have white belts vs black (underclasmen) and a white pipe in their biders (hats).
Those boots are hand made. Today run around $1500.
I’m a Bubblehead still gives me chills
True blood of a PATRIOTS.
GREATEST BAND IN ALL THE LAND
There is this brass band in OHIO.......
For all those who've never been to a Step Off and march to the field, it's something everyone should experience. Gig'em ! co '88 👍
I’m a Longhorn fan, I approve
GO aggies!!
Can you imagine a college campus where even 1/100 of the graduating class could actually pass a personnel inspection; do the manual of arms; and, qualify with the military rifle? I don't know - it just seems wrong. If I could render that much service to my country so can they.
GIG ‘EM AGGIES!!!!!!
Mhhm Patton theme at the beginning
Why is the opening music the theme for the police academy series of films?
It's the theme from Patton
Did you know you can the Ballad to the tune of “Tiny Bubbles”?
Holy Cow- did they demolish a few houses or a couple of building to build that ramp??
to the aggie band what a show
I am disappointed in that the show from the rear of the band towards the end of the video, one of the aggie bass horn players (second from the right) was woefully out of step TSK, TSK In any event---- best marching band in US. GIG EM!!!
even the band is intimidating
Are there any recordings of his being sung?
I have a small box of these records along with a box of Auburn 45 rpm records if their fight song and know nothing about them.
Yes children in 2004 all we had was potato cameras.
Goose Bumps.................
This is like from the scene of the Startrooper-movie. Very fasist-like, but not in a bad way.
A&M Graduates along with graduates from VMI, The Citadel and West Point for the officer core of the United States Army.
I wish that Joe Biden could hear these drums marching on the White House, reminding him.."Don't mess with Texas "!
Amen amen
Best college marching band ever. Great drum majors.
What is the name of the first song ?
Patton theme
Everything was wonderful except I thought the uniforms too closely resembled those of the 1940's facist in germany and Italy.
i bet an riot that the police is having a hard time dealing with would stop instantly if marched through
+turbonut20v Obviously, you didn't attend A&M or your grammar would be better.
+Thomas Krehmeier We are a southern college town. That means "smart" in your terms. STUPID!!!!
Thomas Krehmeier sheesh triggered much mr internet tough guy troll
Abbotts brown shirts at the ready!!!!!
EX SPECIAL FORCES 64@68-71
Big Joe Canoe!
De Opresso Liber!
Uh, one small correction. . .your Latin word “oppresso” needs a second “p” which I know because I wore the SF crest in Afghanistan.
SEC SEC SEC
Sousaphone player back row, second from the right needs some marching practice.
Gig 'em, Aggies!
Damn, now that's impressive - except for the fat tuba player on the far right at the end who can't seem to keep in step. Other than that, wow!
Funny, there are no tubas in the Aggie Band.
@@tom8hoes Pardon me - SOUSAPHONE player. You know, those big circular brass things the guys in the last few rows are playing? That's what they're called, in case you didn't know.
@@traveller4790 I did, but apparently you had to look it up.
@@tom8hoes Apparently not, asswipe, since I played the Sousaphone in high school. Now fuck off.
More cowbell, less Sousaphone.
March on my brave Republican brothers!
Oh Yea! Well the Ohio State band plays Micheal Jackson
No pajama boys allowed?🤔
are they stuck in 1918?
Yes and Damn proud of it!
This is a university that puts ups with #black lives matter or PC crap.
I'm proud of my Alma Mater. '80 CE
Problem is...who pays for it? It costs a lot to travel to away games.
David Franz you wouldn't believe the donor support a&m receives.
Change the music and it reminds me of Hitler youth parades in 1930's Germany.
If that your opinion, don't listen to the Chilean Armed Forces and Carabineros marches. From a Sefadirte.
What a ridiculous leftist comment. Lmao
God bless my brother be safe
Awesome!
Gig 'em, Aggies!