Complex sentence: Major Philip D. Shannon became the first Irish-born Director of Music in the regiment's history in 2008 and he led the band on an eleven-week coast-to-coast tour of North America in 2010.
Split into simpler sentences: Major Philip D. Shannon became the first Irish-born Director of Music in the regiment's history in 2008. The band undertook an eleven-week coast-to-coast tour of North America in 2010.