Navy Band Great Lakes

Lapse in Appropriations: The most recent appropriations for the Department of War expired at 11:59 p.m. EDT on Sept. 30, 2025.
Military personnel will continue in normal duty status, without pay, until such time as a continuing resolution or appropriations are passed by Congress and signed into law. Civilian personnel not engaged in excepted will be placed in a non-work, non-pay status.
For more information please refer to the following link:
https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/News-Stories/display-news/Article/4319360/fy26-lapse-of-appropriations-department-of-the-navy-resources-for-sailors-marin/
 

  • A native of Naperville, Illinois, Lt. Harbuziuk earned degrees in Composition, Theory, and Performance prior to enlisting in the Navy in 2008. His previous tours of duty include Navy Band Northeast, Navy Band Southwest, U.S. Pacific Fleet Band, U.S. Navy Band, and the Naval School of Music.

  • Master Chief Musician Jay Loose hails from Somers Point, New Jersey. He is a 1995 graduate of Grove City College in Pennsylvania, where he earned a Bachelor’s degree in Business Management in addition to studying trumpet. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1997, and upon completion of Recruit Training in Great Lakes, Illinois, he reported to the Armed Forces School of Music in Virginia Beach, Virginia for the Basic Music Course.