Craig Morgan is not only an avid supporter of the armed forces, but also served in both the Army and Army Reserve, including the 101st and 82nd Airborne Divisions. He reenlisted in the Army Reserve in 2023.
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"Recruiting was worse than it had ever been in the history of our nation. It was terrible, and I felt like I could bring something to the table to help with that," he said at the time.
Morgan first enlisted at 18, beginning his military career in the 1980s. He has plenty of stories from that era, including one he recently shared on Bunnie Xo's Dumb Blonde podcast about his time stationed in South Korea during the 1980s.
Readers who are squeamish may want to prepare themselves before continuing.
Craig Morgan Once Trained To Escape a POW Camp
Morgan explained that in the Korean Ranger School, there is a scenario in which you escape from a prisoner-of-war camp and get to a safe house.
"But what you don't know is all these little communities that you're running through, all of those local Korean people are paid good money if they turn you in," shared Morgan. "So if they see someone from the camp, I mean, they're literally... They do patrols to look for people that are trying to get out of the camp so they can get rewarded."
Morgan and two other soldiers escaped the compound. However, he realized quickly that they were being followed. The three of them were also hungry, and the only thing they had eaten was bugs that flew into the camp and any rice that grew through the pins of the camp.
I can't even tell you the kind of stuff that I ate," Morgan said. "And I can tell you, it seemed like it tasted good. I just remember it tasting good."
Things Got Desperate
During their escape, one of the soldiers grabbed a chicken they had come across.
"We were trying to get this chicken, and finally one of 'em got its neck rung," Morgan said. "But I promise you, before that chicken's heart stopped beating, we were all taking chews out of it. Eating on it, that's how hungry...and it was good."
Morgan has shared other memorable food-related experiences. While deployed to Panama during Operation Just Cause in 1989, he dined on monkey brains.
Describing the experience, he said, "We were pushing rebels south down through there, and we came up on this village, and in order to get the information, we had to sit down with them, and that was one of the things that they served."
What did they taste like? He said, "Like a bloody sponge."
You can check out the full interview with Morgan below.
