{"id":1986584,"date":"2023-07-31T07:31:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T11:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/country-singer-steps-up-for-america-re-enlists-in-army-reserves-at-59-true-privilege-and-honor\/"},"modified":"2023-07-31T07:32:42","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T11:32:42","slug":"country-singer-steps-up-for-america-re-enlists-in-army-reserves-at-59-true-privilege-and-honor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/country-singer-steps-up-for-america-re-enlists-in-army-reserves-at-59-true-privilege-and-honor\/","title":{"rendered":"Country singer re-enlists in Army Reserves at 59, calls it a true privilege and honor."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcountry-singer-steps-up-for-america-re-enlists-in-army-reserves-at-59-true-privilege-and-honor%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1986584&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Country Singer Steps Up for \u2064America, Re-Enlists in Army Reserves \u200dat 59:\u2063 &#8216;True \u200bPrivilege\u200d and Honor&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>At age 59, \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/feud-escalates-between-country-legend-and-rude-reporter-ends-in-10k-anti-biden-bet\/\" title=\"Feud Escalates Between Country Legend and Rude Reporter, Ends in K Anti-Biden Bet\">country music star<\/a> Craig Morgan could coast through a few \u200bmore years \u200bof performing and live a life of ease.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, \u200dMoran was sworn into the Army Reserve on Saturday \u200cas he \u2064stood on stage at the Grand Ole Opry to the cheers of a\u200d sold-out house.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m excited to\u200b once again \u200cserve my country and be all I can be in hopes of encouraging others to\u2064 be a part of something greater than\u2063 ourselves,\u201d Morgan said\u2062 in a statement, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/country-star-craig-morgan-reenlists-army-reserve-59\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love being an artist but I consider it a true privilege and honor to work with what I believe are the greatest\u2063 of Americans, my fellow soldiers. God Bless America. Go Army,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Welcoming country music singer Craig Morgan back into the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USArmyReserve?\">@USArmyReserve<\/a> as he resumes his already\u2063 17yrs of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USArmy?\">@USArmy<\/a> \u2063service.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cmorganmusic?\">@cmorganmusic<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/o3KXrsFFCb\">pic.twitter.com\/o3KXrsFFCb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chief \u200cof the \u2062Army Reserve &#038; Commanding General (@ChiefUSAR) \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChiefUSAR\/status\/1685529028189425664?\">July 30, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Morgan\u200b spent 17 years combined in the Army and Army Reserve with\u200c the 101st and 82nd Airborne Divisions as an E-6 staff sergeant and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/country-singer-steps-up-for-america-re-enlists-in-army-reserves-at-59-true-privilege-and-honor\/\" title=\"Country singer re-enlists in Army Reserves at 59, calls it a true privilege and honor.\">fire \u2063support specialist<\/a>. He will enter the Reserves as a staff\u200c sergeant and \u2062warrant officer.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/branches\/army\/2023-07-30\/army-country-singer-reenlist-recruitment-veteran-10907872.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stars and Stripes<\/a>,\u2063 Morgan was motivated to re-enlist by last fall\u2019s \u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2022\/10\/02\/army-misses-recruiting-goal-by-15000-soldiers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">low\u2062 recruitment \u200dnumbers<\/a> and\u200d asked Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee to see if she might talk to some folks \u2063who would not turn \u2063away a man rapidly approaching the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-time-to-end-the-d-c-gerontocracy\/\" title=\"It\u2019s Time to End the D.C. Gerontocracy\">mandatory retirement age<\/a> of 62.<\/p>\n<p>Blackburn was \u2064on stage along with Morgan when he was sworn in on Saturday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I was honored to join Craig \u2063Morgan at the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/opry?\">@opry<\/a> this\u200d weekend as\u2062 he \u200cannounced his return \u2063to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USArmyReserve?\">@USArmyReserve<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Craig\u2019s patriotic decision to rejoin our\u200b military is \u200ban \u2062inspiration to all Americans.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cmorganmusic?\">@cmorganmusic<\/a><\/p>\n<p>: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/opry?\">@opry<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zRRiTFUoRj\">pic.twitter.com\/zRRiTFUoRj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sen. \u200dMarsha Blackburn\u2063 (@MarshaBlackburn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarshaBlackburn\/status\/1685707397761785856?\">July \u200c30, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThere are \u2062people that are Craig Morgan fans all across\u200b the globe,\u201d she said, according to Stars and Stripes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe\u2063 fact that you\u2019ve got somebody that\u2019s a Grand Ole Opry member and somebody\u200b who is a well-known \u2063country music star, and they\u2019re\u200d going \u200dto put\u200d on that uniform and serve their country, \u2063help recruit, help build morale \u2014 I think it\u2019s awesome.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gen.\u2063 Andrew \u200cPoppas, commander of Army\u2063 Forces\u200b Command,\u00a0 who administered the\u2063 oath to Morgan, said Morgan\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/focused-mission-purple-heart-army-veteran-announces-2024-run-vulnerable-senate-democrat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">commitment to the \u200bmilitary<\/a> never faded, even when he was out\u2064 of uniform.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s always out there, he visits soldiers everywhere, whether it\u2019s in the States, overseas,\u201d Poppas said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve seen him in combat locations\u2063 and he\u2019s always engaging, he\u2019s always\u2064 entertaining and \u200che\u2019s always inspiring those that have\u2064 put themselves in harm\u2019s \u200cway. He\u2019s a hell of a patriot,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Morgan\u2019s service included the \u20621989 invasion of Panama,\u2063 when \u2063the U.S. ousted Panamanian strongman \u2063Manuel Noriega.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was my first test in combat, \u200dthe real crucible of a soldier. You never know how\u2062 you\u2019re going to react when the bullets fly until\u2063 you face them. \u200dI\u200b think we did well,\u201d he wrote in his book,\u2062 \u201cGod, Family, Country:\u200d A Memoir,\u201d according\u2064 to Stars and Stripes.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\" class=\"one-half\">\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-question\">Should \u2062more Americans join the military?<\/div>\n<div id=\"pollFormBox\" style=\"display: none\">\n\t\t<label>Yes<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<label>No<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-disclaimer\">\n<p>\t\tCompleting this poll \u200dentitles you to The Western\u200d Journal news updates free of charge. You may\u200b opt out at anytime. You also \u200bagree to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy Policy<\/a> \u2062 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/terms-service\/\">Terms of\u2063 Use<\/a>.\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results\" style=\"display: none\">\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-yes\" style=\"width: 0%\">\n<p>\t\t\tYes: 0% \u200d(0 Votes)\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-no\" style=\"width: 0%\">\n<p>\t\t\tNo: 0% \u200b(0 Votes)\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Morgan recalled his Army service as a time when he and those with him \u201call had a goal of doing and \u2063being a part of something that was bigger\u2064 and greater\u2063 than just ourselves. I\u2063 have taken that with\u2062 me on everything that I have done since\u2063 I\u2019ve been out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During a tour in Germany late last year \u2064where he performed for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/op-ed-army-scrambles-boost-lagging-recruitment-wont-make-one-really-necessary-change\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">service personnel<\/a>, Morgan talked about his connection \u200bto the troops, according to an\u2063 Army\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.army.mil\/article\/262986\/country_singer_craig_morgan_brings_a_taste_of_home_to_usag_bavaria\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I \u2063get to hang out with soldiers from the 101st and 82nd\u2062 [Airborne Divisions] it\u2019s like \u200changing out\u200d with family,\u201d said Morgan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose are my brothers and sisters and \u200bit\u2019s \u2063exciting to see them again. Imagine \u200cyou haven\u2019t seen your family in \u2062a\u2064 long time, and you get to go home and see them. That\u2019s\u200c what that\u2019s \u200clike for me. Most of them\u200b are\u2062 younger family, but \u2062it\u2019s family nothing the less.,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/country-singer-steps-america-re-enlists-army-reserves-59-true-privilege-honor\/\">Country Singer Steps Up for America, Re-Enlists in Army Reserves at 59: &#8216;True Privilege and Honor&#8217;<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At 59, country star Craig Morgan could relax and perform for a few more years. However, he surprised everyone by joining the Army Reserve on stage at the Grand Ole Opry. 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