Editing Michael Hagee (section)

==Biography==

=== Early life and education ===
Hagee was born in [[Hampton, Virginia]], on December 1, 1944<ref name="Services2003">{{cite book|author=United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services|title=Nominations before the Senate Armed Services Committee, second session, 107th Congress: hearings before the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate, One Hundred Seventh Congress, second session, on nominations of Adm. Thomas B. Fargo, USN; Lt. Gen, Leon J. LaPorte, USA; Gen. Ralph E. Eberhart, USAF ... April 26, June 20, July 26, September 27, 2002|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g8nyUuVz2wAC|date=January 2003|publisher=U.S. G.P.O.|isbn=9780160695216}}</ref> and raised in [[Fredericksburg, Texas]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.veteransadvantage.com/va/topvet/general-michael-w-hagee |title=General Michael W. Hagee &#124; Veterans Advantage – Military Discounts, Veteran Discounts, Benefits |work=veteransadvantage.com |date=September 17, 2003 |access-date=September 14, 2015 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304185327/https://www.veteransadvantage.com/va/topvet/general-michael-w-hagee |url-status=dead }}</ref> He graduated with distinction from the [[United States Naval Academy]] in 1968 with a [[Bachelor of Science]] degree in [[Engineering]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=GENERAL MICHAEL W. HAGEE, USMC (RETIRED) |url=https://www.usmcu.edu/Research/Marine-Corps-History-Division/People/Whos-Who-in-Marine-Corps-History/Gagnon-Ingram/General-Michael-W-Hagee/ |access-date=2024-01-16 |website=www.usmcu.edu}}</ref> and was a classmate of [[Oliver North]], [[Charles Bolden]], [[Jim Webb]], and [[Michael Mullen]]. He also holds a [[Master of Science]] degree in [[electrical engineering]] from the [[Naval Postgraduate School]] and a [[Master of Arts]] degree in [[National Security]] and [[Strategic Studies]] from the [[Naval War College]]. He is a graduate of the Command and Staff College and the United States Naval War College.  In 2004, he was honored with the [[Naval War College Distinguished Graduate Leadership Award]].

=== Personal life ===
His father, Robert L. Hagee, served as a [[United States Navy]] pilot in World War II and, in the summer of 2009, was awarded a plaque at the [[Admiral Nimitz State Historic Site]], now known as the National Museum of the Pacific War (formerly Nimitz Museum) in [[Fredericksburg, Texas]]. He and his wife Silke, daughter of the [[German Air Force]] brigadier general Werner Boie,<ref>{{cite news|title=Silke Hagee helps families cope with deployments|url=http://www.stripes.com/military-life/silke-hagee-helps-families-cope-with-deployments-1.5964|publisher=[[Stars and Stripes (newspaper)|Stars and Stripes]]|date=March 4, 2003}}</ref> have two children.

Hagee is the President and CEO of the Admiral Nimitz Foundation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Management & Departments |url=https://www.pacificwarmuseum.org/about/management-departments |access-date=2024-01-16 |website=National Museum of the Pacific War |language=en}}</ref> He has previously sat on the Board of Advisors for Cobam and Silicon Graphics.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cobham plc - AGM Statement and Trading Update |url=http://otp.investis.com/clients/uk/cobham_plc/rns/regulatory-story.aspx?cid=826&newsid=1003197 |access-date=2024-01-16 |website=otp.investis.com}}</ref>