Craig Morgan has been promoted to the position of Chief Warrant Officer II at the Pentagon
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Nationalist Craig Morgan has received an incredible “honor” after being promoted to the position of Chief Warrant Officer II (CW2) at the Pentagon.
In an interview with Fox News Digital, Morgan talked about the event and was encouraged by the Secretary of the Army, Pete Hegseth. Morgan said it was “a great honor” for Hegseth to host the event, which was held at the Pentagon on Jan. 15.
“It’s been an honor. It’s always a great honor when one of the top leaders in your chain of command appoints you,” Morgan began.
Pete Hegseth promoted country star Craig Morgan to Chief Warrant Officer II (CW2) at the Pentagon on Jan. 15. (US Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Alexander Kubizza)
After twenty years of service while maintaining a full-time musical career, “humility and pride” were the only two things that crossed his mind at the time of his promotion.
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“There are two things.
“It was an honor. It’s always a great honor when one of the top leaders in your chain of command instills your position in you.”
“My goal is always to represent well everyone who doesn’t get that opportunity. I think I’ve answered both of my two things, pride and humility. Respect and pride, you know, I tell people all the time. Those are two things that I find that the only place they balance is in the soldier and, for me, the army. I say the military because I think that the army, the army, represents all the soldiers, but the army knows a lot, but the army knows a lot, but the army knows you meet someone who has an amazing balance of pride and humility, and, to me, the military, I think represents that better than any other job or people in the world,” he continued.
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Morgan explained that if any member of the US military wants a senior officer like Hegseth to encourage them, they should just send him an email.
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“When time works, it works. Reason worked for us [is] he happened to be in DC when I was in DC. I was present at the meetings. I work for the army’s suicide prevention program. I do a music show. And we were there for meetings with people to discuss this particular project. And my promotion was well deserved. I talked to my command and said, ‘Well, if the secretary is there, I’ll see… and they said, ‘Yeah, send him an email,” Morgan explained.
Country star Craig Morgan has been balancing music and serving for decades. (Getty Images)
Morgan re-enlisted in the Army Reserve in 2023 at age 59. Prior to that, the “That’s What I Love Sunday” singer served 17 years in the Army and Airborne Divisions with the 101st and 82nd Airborne Divisions as Sergeant E-6 Staff and Fire Support Special and including Airborne, Air Assault and his Rappel Master.
Morgan held the rank of Staff Sergeant before his promotion. He continued to tour and release new music in his public service while serving in the Army Reserve.
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Morgan did it again worked with the USO, and received the Army’s Distinguished Service Medal and the USO Merit Medal.
In an interview with Fox News Digital, Morgan discussed how he questioned whether he could realistically balance a successful music career with serving in the military.
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“At first, when I first left the Army, a few years there, I didn’t know, because I stayed for seven and a half years. I was in the Army at Fort Campbell when ‘Almost Home’ came on the radio. So, yes, there were times in my life when I wondered if I could do it,” said Morgan.
He said continuing with music was one of the things that made him leave the army. “I didn’t feel like I was giving what I needed to be able to do both jobs at the time,” Morgan explained.
The singer of the song “Almost Home” said that another reason why he left the army was to continue his music career. (Al Pereira)
The singer said the reason why he decided to re-enlist was “simple.”
“In my career, at that time in my career, I couldn’t hire people in music to help me with everything I was doing in my music. Now, I mean, good Lord, we run a big company. My music is a big company. And I have a CEO and I have a CFO and I have those jobs that I was doing as much as I was taking care of myself. He started in the music business,” he began.
Morgan said he’s “wiser now” and dependent on some of the military resources he’s been given.
Pete Hegseth and Craig Morgan at the promotion of the local star. (US Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Alexander Kubizza)
“I pay a lot of attention to the resources available to us as soldiers. I was a do-it-yourselfer, do-it-yourselfer when I was in the army. And I realized that we are a big team, and you need to rely on your colleagues,” he said.
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Morgan told Fox News Digital that he continues to serve in the military because he is physically and mentally strong and wants to officially retire to serve his nation.
Morgan re-entered the army after serving 17.5 years. (Noam Galai/WireImage)
“That’s it, number one – because I know it physically, and mentally and emotionally, spiritually. Number two, I was 17 and a half years old when I got out. I didn’t get anything, and I’m not saying I want anything, but the one thing I want is a letter hanging on my wall saying I served and retired from the service of my nation,” said Morgan. “I want that. I want that letter that says I served. Like, if you do 10 years, 12 years, 18… And you don’t retire, you don’t have a letter. You don’t have something that says you resigned from your job. You have to retire to get that letter, and I want that letter.”
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