Jimmy Carter’s background is unlike that ... him as someone with significant expertise. Overall, his naval experience shaped his career and guided his approach to leadership.

A video still highlighting President Jimmy Carter's Navy career and his role in shaping the future of the Navy’s atomic-powered propulsion systems. (U.S. Navy video still by Nathan Quinn) Secretary of ...

Oct. 1, 1924: James Earl Carter Jr. is born in Plains, Georgia, son of James Sr. and Lillian Gordy Carter. — June 1946: Carter graduates from the U.S. Naval Academy. — July 1946: Carter ...

Jimmy is pictured here with his sisters Gloria and Ruth, and his father James Earl Carter Sr. His father ran a general store. Carter was admitted to the U.S. Naval Academy in 1943. "When I was ...

IN THE NAVY. SO, I MEAN, AN IMPRESSIVE RUN THERE ... OH MY GOODNESS. I OWE MY CAREER TO JIMMY CARTER COMES BACK TO THAT WORD INSPIRATION. YE ...

Jimmy Carter, the former president ... If he can do anything that will help you, as a group, he'll do it." Career: He enlisted in the Navy in 1968, and was discharged in 1970.

Jimmy Carter, the longest living former president ... as one of the greatest influences on his life. Carter’s Navy career was short-lived. His father died in 1953, and his family needed him ...

Ten years had passed since Carter left Plains for a career in the Navy. Visits home had been rare. Father and son had grown distant. As he sat by Earl's bedside, Jimmy discovered a side of his ...

16—Jimmy Carter spent four years as president of the United States and 44 years as ex-president. It's his extraordinary career as our former president ... In fact, he was smart and sophisticated, a ...

During the Navy's missing man flyover, a single jet breaks away from the formation and soars skyward. This symbolizes the departure of life from the ranks.