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.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

“Of all the things in my bingo card of what I aspire to be as a Navy pilot, what I thought my career might entail, being able to be a part of a flyover to honor President Jimmy Carter was ...

Carter frequented Atlanta’s Highland Woodworking, a shop replete with a library of how-to books and hard-to-find tools, and recruited the world’s preeminent handmade furniture maker, Tage Frid, as an ...

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.

President Jimmy Carter leans across the roof of his ... She shared his desire to see the world, sacrificing college to support his Navy career. Carter climbed in rank to lieutenant, but then ...

Former U.S. President Jimmy ... in the US Navy for almost a decade before returning home to look after family business following his father's death. Carter started his political career campaigning ...