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3N1X1 Regional Band

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Overview

Regional Band personnel perform as vocalists and instrumentalists at military and civic events. They also arrange music, engineer audio, and present rock, jazz, classical, and chamber music to audiences worldwide.

Minimum ASVAB: A 21 or G 24

ASVAB policy: Not policy-reviewed · coverage unknown · as of 2026-10-19

Program scope has not been reviewed.

Policy applicability and coverage of the program's score routes have not been reviewed. Shown-route arithmetic is not an eligibility decision.

Source: dafecd-atch4-2025-10-31 (source date 2025-10). Policy applicability has not been established.

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Skill levels: 3N111 helper · 3N131 apprentice · 3N151 journeyman · 3N171 craftsman

Core Skills

  • Instrumental or vocal band performance
  • Music arranging for band activities
  • Audio engineering for band activities

Civilian Career Paths

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Musicians and Singers

Regional band experience as an instrumentalist or vocalist transfers directly to civilian musical performance.

How to prepare: Prepare an audition recording featuring your actual instrument or voice and repertoire suited to the ensembles or engagements you want to pursue.

What the civilian work involves
  • Perform before live audiences in concerts, recitals, educational presentations, and other social gatherings.
  • Specialize in playing a specific family of instruments or a particular type of music.
  • Sing as a soloist or as a member of a vocal group.

Audio and Video Technicians

Regional band audio engineering experience provides a foundation for the audio portion of civilian audiovisual production work.

How to prepare: Complete a hands-on audiovisual production project that adds video equipment operation to your existing audio experience.

What the civilian work involves
  • Diagnose and resolve media system problems.
  • Compress, digitize, duplicate, and store audio and video data.
  • Install, adjust, and operate electronic equipment to record, edit, and transmit radio and television programs, motion pictures, video conferencing, or multimedia presentations.

Notes & Sources

  • Instrumentalist, vocalist, music arranger, and audio engineer are distinct assignment options within this specialty; match the listed skills and paths to duties actually performed.
Evidence for this guidance (4 documents)
  1. DAFECD, 30 Apr 26: REGIONAL BAND (3N1X1)

    [1] Specialty Summary section "REGIONAL BAND"; normalized cached text lines 11428-11448; explicit AFSC match for 3N1X1

    Supports: Instrumental or vocal band performance, Music arranging for band activities, Audio engineering for band activities, Musicians and Singers (O*NET 27-2042.00), Audio and Video Technicians (O*NET 27-4011.00)

  2. O*NET: Musicians and Singers

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Musicians and Singers (O*NET 27-2042.00)

  3. Bureau of Labor Statistics: musicians and singers

    [3] How to Become One; retrieved 23 September 2026

    Supports: Musicians and Singers (O*NET 27-2042.00)

  4. O*NET: Audio and Video Technicians

    [4] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Audio and Video Technicians (O*NET 27-4011.00)

Defense contractor jobs for 3N1X1

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