Major Neil Morgan enlisted into the Army in July 1979 as a Junior Bandsman in the Royal Hampshire Regiment.  Whilst with the Regimental Band he served in the UK, Germany and Northern Ireland.  Tours included Denmark, Kenya, Turkey and the Channel Islands.
 
In January 1991 he began the three year Student Bandmaster Course at the Royal Military School of Music, Kneller Hall. After graduating, he was appointed Bandmaster of the Band of the Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, stationed at Arborfield.  Tours undertaken included, Canada, USA, Hong Kong and Switzerland.  In July 1998 he was appointed Staff Bandmaster at the Headquarters Army Music where he was jointly responsible for the implementation of the Systems Approach to Training.

In October 1999 he was commissioned and appointed Director of Music, The Band of the Brigade of Gurkhas on 4 November 1999.  During his appointment, he was deployed on operational tours to Bosnia, Sierra Leone and Afghanistan and orchestrated the inaugural Gurkha Band tour of Nepal.

In February 2005, Major Morgan assumed the appointment of Director of Music of the Band of the Adjutant Generals Corps.

He joined HQ CAMUS as SO2 G1 Manning and Recruiting on 2 October 2006. 

After a successful two-year period at HQ CAMUS, Major Morgan was posted to the Band of the Corps of Royal Engineers stationed at Chatham as Director of Music.  In September 2010 Major Morgan was appointed as Director of Music, the Royal Artillery Band.