Country star and veteran Craig Morgan reenlists in Army Reserve at 59: ‘Excited to once again serve’
A post shared by Grand Ole Opry (@opry)Morgan has also worked with the USO, and has earned the Army’s Outstanding Civilian Service Medal and the USO Merit Award.Last year, Morgan told Fox News Digital that despite growing up in a musical family with his father and uncles, he hadn’t considered it more than a hobby.,“It never seemed like it was something that was a career for them, even though it kind of was, at times, and especially for me, even throughout my military career,” he said at the time.“It wasn’t until later in my military career that I thought that I could possibly pursue it as a profession.”During his time in the service, he won awards for songs that he wrote and performed for his fellow soldiers.A post shared by Craig Morgan (@cmorganmusic)The “Almost Home” singer rose steadily through the ranks and was told by one of his senior officers that he was on the fast track to becoming a major.“But he also told me, he said, ‘I think that you have a talent and at minimum you ought to pursue it,’” Morgan recalled.Fox News Digital’s Ashley Hume and Larry Fink contributed to this report.