page_title: Military Music Department of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces
section_title: Composition
hierarchical_section_title: Military Music Department of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces / Composition
caption_attribution_description: Русский: День Победы в Донецке
context_page_description: The Military Music Department of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces serves as the official service of military bands and choirs in active service within the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
context_section_description: The band service is made up of the following bands:
  National Exemplary Band of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
  National Presidential Band of Ukraine
  Band of the Kiev Presidential Honor Guard Battalion
  Military Music Center of the Ukrainian Ground Forces
  HQ Band of the Military Music Center Ukrainian Ground Forces
  Band of the Western Operational Command
  Band of the Northern Operational Command
  Band of the Southern Operational Command
  Band of the Eastern Operational Command
  Band of the 1st Tank Brigade
  Band of the 44th Artillery Brigade
  Band of the 30th Mechanized Brigade
  Military Band of the 27th Artillery Regiment
  Military Music Center of the Ukrainian Air Force
  Headquarters Band of the Military Music Center Ukrainian Air Force
  Band of the Air Force Central Command
  Band of the Air Force West Command
  Band of the Air Force East Command
  Band of the Air Force South Command
  Band of the 38th Joint Basic Training Center
  Military Music Center of the Ukrainian Navy
  Band of the Odessa National Maritime Academy - Ukrainian Naval College of Odessa
  Mykolaiv Navy Band
  Marine Division Band
  Military Band of the National Defense University
  Military Band of the Hetman Petro Sahaidachnyi National Ground Forces Academy
  Military Band of the Ivan Kozhedub National Air Force University
  Military Band of the Military Institute of Telecommunications and Information Technologies
  Military Band of the Odessa Military Academy
  Military Band of the Ivan Bohun Military High School
  Military Band of the Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University
  Military Band Service of the National Guard of Ukraine
  Band of the General Directorate of the National Guard of Ukraine
  Band of the National Guard Military Academy of Ukraine
  Band of the NGU National Honor Guard Battalion Kiev
  Band of the National Guard Training School
  Band of the 25th Public Security Protection Brigade
  Band of the 27th (Transport) Brigade
  Band of the 50th National Guard Regiment, Ivano-Frankivsk
  Band of the 21st Public Order Protection Brigade
  Band of the Kharkiv National Academy of the National Guard
  Military Band of the 8th Special Purpose Regiment of the Special Operations Forces
  Military Band of the 8th Chernihiv Training Center
  Band of the State Special Transport Service of the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine
  Band of the 95th Air Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Air Assault Forces
  Regimental Band of the Novomoskovsk 194 Pontoon Bridge Regiment of the State Special Transport Service
  The National Exemplary Band, as the foremost military band, is the largest in the armed forces, employing over 100 musicians. There are some limits to the number of musicians in each band, with the music centers of each armed service branch employing 52 members, and academic bands employing 21 members.
caption: The Band of the Donetsk Garrison in 2013.
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