Craig Morgan

So in 9 1⁄2 years, I would have retired, and she and I would have lived semi-comfortably.

You know, not that military retirement is the best there is, but at least you have some guarantees, you know.

uh and and i without sounding sexist or anything i think a woman that marries a man stability is a big part of that relationship you want to feel safe and you want to you know you want a bit of a fail safe and that i was her fail safe and i'll never forget coming in door and telling it sitting down with him going i talked to the commander today and i think i am going to uh go try this music thing

And she was like, okay, what does this entail?

What are we doing?

I'm like, we're going to move to Nashville.

And that's when I told her, I'm going to stay in the reserves, and if it don't work in a year or two, I'll come right back into active duty.

I don't lose my rank.

I don't lose any time in service, and we'll kind of just pick up where we left off, and I'll retire.

And I said, chances are it's not going to work anyway, but I agree with the colonel when I talked to him.

I should try it.

And she's like, all right, let's go.

At least we'll be home.

You'll be close to home.

I mean, she was very supportive.

Now, if you ask her now, she'll go, oh, I cried for a month.

Because she hated it when we left the Army.

We had such a wonderful life.

Not that we don't have a wonderful life now, but at that job in particular.

The only problem with that job,