Craig Morgan loves his country so much that he’s currently juggling two different jobs: country music singer and U.S. Army Reserve warrant officer.
The “How You Make A Man” singer is currently enlisted as a soldier in the Army Reserve – which typically provides training and informational session about the Army all across the country. Those in the Army Reserve are also able to be deployed if the Army’s Total Force is ever needed.
Morgan reenlisted in the Army in the summer of 2023 after previously serving for 17 years as a staff sergeant and fire support specialist in the Army and the Army Reserve with the 101st and 82nd Airborne Divisions. The country music artist actually got sworn back into the Army on the stage of the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee.
He had served for close to two decades before he reenlisted, so it’s not like he owed the U.S. Army any more of his time. And Morgan’s country music career was also still going swimmingly… but he still felt a push to serve his country, so he signed up to serve as a solider in the Army Reserve.
Morgan told Fox News Digital it’s a matter of love for his country and his friends, family, and future generations:
“I am willing to go wherever they send me and do whatever it takes to ensure that we maintain the freedoms. And not for me, but for my family, for my friends, for my friend’s kids, and for the kids that I don’t even know.”
The country music star gets a lot of his guidance from one of Toby Keith’s most famous songs: “American Solder.”
Morgan went on to say that the message of that song is how he truly feels about being a serviceman, and he believes that many other U.S. citizens feel the same way, even if they don’t serve:
“Listen, like the (Toby Keith) song ‘American Soldier’ says, ‘I don’t want to die, but if dying is asked of me, I will.’ And I believe that more people, even those that don’t serve, feel that way…
I am willing to die for my country and to die for the freedoms that I get to celebrate. I want my grandchildren and their children and their grandchildren to celebrate those same freedoms.”
Speaking of “American Soldier,” Morgan recently included a cover of the Big Dog Daddy’s 2003 hit on his latest 11-song project: My Country.
The album dropped on November 6, and it’s a celebration of America and it’s 250th anniversary. It’s chock full of patriotism, and if you are familiar with Craig Morgan’s work, that’s to be expected. There’s no doubt that he loves America, and he’ll do all he can to shine a light on patriotism.
Like this statement that was also included in the interview about what the stars and stripes really represents:
“Having served in the military for over 20 years now, that flag represents something that I think — there was a time in our nation that it had been taken for granted. I do believe that we’re back in a place where we respect that flag, we respect what it stands for.
And I’m not saying that we didn’t, but I think generally we lost sight of what it is that flag represented and the many, many men and women who have sacrificed in order to ensure that that representation is not tarnished.”
Here’s Morgan’s cover of “American Soldier” before you go… and on this Veterans Day, it’s a great way to take a moment to give thanks for all the men and women that have stepped up and offered to lay down their life in defense of our country, our freedom, and our lives.
