Retired Col. Gregg Habel, the executive director of Marine Forces Reserve, gives a welcome speech to the audience during a Memorial Day concert by the Marine Corps Band New Orleans at the St. Louis Cathedral, May 25, 2014. The performance was part of a three-concert series held to remember the fallen men and women who have served in the armed forces. The band also played at the National World War II Museum and the Northshore Harbor Center in Slidell, Louisiana, during their Memorial Day concert series.