Its area of responsibility outside its home state includes Washington, Oregon, Arizona, and Nevada.

The band was moved to Camp Shanks, New York in 1944 and was stationed there early 1945 when it sent to serve in Le Havre, France as well as RAF Warton, England.

Notable Canadian members have included musician Bobby Herriot[4][5] Rudolph Paul Gazarek future Director of the Naden Band of Maritime Forces Pacific and the then future director of the Central Band of the Canadian Armed Forces, Derek Stannard.

It performs many of the pieces written by jazz and big band personalities such as Duke Ellington, Woody Herman and Count Basie.

Guest artists such as Marvin Stamm, Arturo Sandoval, Wayne Newton and Bob Hope have performed with the band.

In 2004, the band supported the interment ceremony of President Ronald Reagan in Simi Valley.