BETHESDA, Md. (Oct. 05, 2017) Musician 1st Class Corey Parker, left, from Caroline County, Virginia, performs with the Navy Band at the Music Center at Strathmore in Bethesda, Maryland for the celebration of the 242nd birthday of the Navy. Each October, the Navy Band celebrates the birth of the United States Navy with an annual concert that highlights the diversity of the Navy, its various missions around the globe and its rich history and heritage and honors veterans and all who serve.

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