{"id":218,"date":"2020-03-06T07:21:02","date_gmt":"2020-03-06T07:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/national-memorial-day-concert\/?page_id=218"},"modified":"2025-06-05T21:07:04","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T21:07:04","slug":"salute-to-services","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/national-memorial-day-concert\/concert\/salute-to-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Salute to the Services"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div  class=\" wp-block-pbs-blocks-row no-image\">\n\n            \n    <div class=\"wp-block-pbs-blocks-col has-image has-background-size-large has-aspect-ratio\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/national-memorial-day-concert\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Salute-to-the-Services.jpg');\">\n        <div class=\"content\">\n\n                                                <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n    <div class=\"wp-block-pbs-blocks-col no-image has-aspect-ratio has-blue-background-color\" style=\"background-color:#1c2838;\">\n        <div class=\"content\">\n\n                            \n<div class=\"wp-block-pbs-blocks-content has-pdt-60 has-pdb-60 has-pdl-60 has-pdr-60\">\n    <div class=\"content\">\n                \n\n<h1 class=\"has-gold-color has-text-color has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">SALUTE TO THE SERVICES<\/h1>\n\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div style=\"background-color:#e1e7ec;\" class=\" wp-block-pbs-blocks-row no-image has-light-gray-background-color\">\n\n            \n    <div class=\"wp-block-pbs-blocks-col no-image\" >\n        <div class=\"content\">\n\n                            \n<div class=\"wp-block-pbs-blocks-content has-pdt-60 has-pdb-60 has-pdl-60 has-pdr-60\">\n    <div class=\"content\">\n                \n\n<p>The Salute to Services segment of the concert, performed just prior to the address by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is an annual tradition to honor and salute the men and women who are serving or have served in the six official branches of our armed forces and their families.&nbsp;<em>National Memorial Day Concert<\/em>&nbsp;founder and producer Jerry Colbert commissioned American composer Henry Mancini to create a medley arrangement incorporating the service song of each official branch of the armed services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/About\/our-forces\/\">Learn more about our nation\u2019s armed forces<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-darker-brown-color has-text-color has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\"><br>WATCH THE SALUTE TO SERVICES FROM THE 2025 CONCERT<\/h4>\n\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-pbs-blocks-media-card has-video\" >\n        \n                    <div class=\"responsive_embed\">\n                <div 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      \n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\">Check out the recordings below to hear the full service songs performed by their respective bands.<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div style=\"background-color:#847461;\" class=\" wp-block-pbs-blocks-row no-image\">\n\n            \n    <div class=\"wp-block-pbs-blocks-col no-image has-white-background-color\" style=\"background-color:#ffffff;\">\n        <div class=\"content\">\n\n                            \n<div class=\"wp-block-pbs-blocks-content has-pdt-60 has-pdb-60 has-pdl-60 has-pdr-60\">\n    <div class=\"content\">\n                \n\n<h4 class=\"has-blue-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscg.mil\/\">U.S. COAST GUARD<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio aligncenter\"><audio controls 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src=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/national-memorial-day-concert\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Semper-Supra.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption><em> \u201cSemper Supra\u201d performed by The United States Air Force Band <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div  class=\" wp-block-pbs-blocks-row no-image\">\n\n            \n    <div class=\"wp-block-pbs-blocks-col no-image has-white-background-color\" style=\"background-color:#ffffff;\">\n        <div class=\"content\">\n\n                            \n<div class=\"wp-block-pbs-blocks-content has-pdt-60 has-pdb-60 has-pdl-60 has-pdr-60\">\n    <div class=\"content\">\n                \n\n<h4 class=\"has-gold-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.af.mil\/\">U.S. AIR FORCE<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio aligncenter\"><audio controls 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