Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States, died Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024, at 100 years old. His early years were shaped by his military career, when he served in the U.S. Navy.

As his national funeral unfolds, you've probably heard tales of the good deeds of former president Jimmy Carter ... reopened two years later. Carter's career in the military, however, ended ...

“Jimmy Carter lived a life measured not by words ... Carter appeared set for a stellar military career under Rickover’s tutelage, but in 1953, he left the Navy after his father died, returning ...

“Back when Jimmy Carter served in the 1950s ... Carter even shaped the submarine service long after his political career. When the military was looking to shrink or close its main East Coast ...

During his Navy years, Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter chose unfurnished military housing to stretch ... whose death in 1953 led him to abandon a Navy career and eventually enter politics in Georgia.