Craig Morgan remains to be dedicated to serving his country.
On Saturday, the musician was sworn in again at age 59 to the US Army Reserve on stage on the Grand Ole Opry in front of a sold-out audience.
“I’m excited to once more serve my country and be all I will be in hopes of encouraging others to be an element of something greater than ourselves,” Morgan shared in an announcement to Fox News Digital.
“I really like being an artist but I consider it a real privilege and honor to work with what I think are the best of Americans, my fellow soldiers. God Bless America. Go Army.”
The “That’s What I Love About Sunday” singer previously served 17 years within the Army and Army Reserve with the a hundred and first and 82nd Airborne Divisions as an E-6 Staff Sergeant and Fire Support Specialist and including Airborne, Air Assault and Rappel Master amongst his certifications.
Along with his reenlistment, Morgan will hold the rank of Staff Sergeant and Warrant Officer.
“Every Soldier who enters the Army has the chance to change into the most effective version of themselves, and Staff Sgt. Morgan is not any exception. I look ahead to seeing what he accomplishes and the way he impacts other Soldiers across the Army,” General Andrew Poppas, who officiated the ceremony, said in an announcement to Fox News Digital.
Morgan can even proceed touring and releasing music.
The day of the ceremony, Morgan shared a throwback photo of himself in uniform with the caption, “Once a soldier, all the time a soldier I really like our country.”
Morgan has also worked with the USO, and has earned the Army’s Outstanding Civilian Service Medal and the USO Merit Award.
Last 12 months, Morgan told Fox News Digital that despite growing up in a musical family together with his father and uncles, he hadn’t considered it greater than a hobby.,
“It never gave the impression of it was something that was a profession for them, although it sort of was, at times, and particularly for me, even throughout my military profession,” he said on the time.
“It wasn’t until later in my military profession that I believed that I could possibly pursue it as a occupation.”
During his time within the service, he won awards for songs that he wrote and performed for his fellow soldiers.
The “Almost Home” singer rose steadily through the ranks and was told by certainly one of his senior officers that he was on the fast track to becoming a serious.
“But he also told me, he said, ‘I feel that you will have a talent and at minimum you should pursue it,’” Morgan recalled.
Fox News Digital’s Ashley Hume and Larry Fink contributed to this report.
