I had been reading accounts of Marine Pipers in "action", and one stirring moment, aside from the memorials played for the Fallen Marines... Was the piper who was playing the Marine Corps Hymn over loudspeakers, in Ramahdi, Iraq, and litterally stopping everyone in their tracks, and when he finished.... Every Marine within earshot was cheering... I would have loved to witnessed that.
I have noticed that the pipers are coming from all ranks, both enlisted as well as officers...