Stage Crewman Lance Corporal Ryan Mejia of Baltimore, Md., joined “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band in November 2024.
Lance Cpl. Mejia graduated from Perry Hall High School in Nottingham, Md. in 2022. In 2024, he enlisted in the Marine Corps and attended recruit training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, graduating that April. Lance Cpl. Mejia then completed Infantry Training at Camp Geiger in Jacksonville, N.C.
As a stage crewman, Lance Cpl. Mejia is responsible for setting up Marine Band and Marine Chamber Orchestra concerts and rehearsals in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area and across the country during the band’s annual concert tour.