[kabar]

Bannon was an officer in the United States Navy for seven years in the late 1970s and early 1980s, serving on the destroyer USS Paul F. Foster as a surface warfare officer in the Pacific Fleet and stateside as a special assistant to the Chief of Naval Operations at the Pentagon. Upon his departure he was ranked as a lieutenant (O-3).

Stephen Kevin Bannon was born on November 27, 1953, in Norfolk, Virginia, to Doris (née Herr) and Martin Bannon, a telephone lineman.] His working class, Irish Catholic family were pro-Kennedy, pro-union Democrats. After serving as president of the student government association, he graduated from Virginia Tech in 1976 with a bachelor's degree in urban planning and holds a master's degree in national security studies from Georgetown University School of Foreign Service. In 1985, Bannon received a Master of Business Administration degree with honors from Harvard Business School.

[GreyFriar]

A very good story about Steve Bannon and the affect of his Navy career on him during his service under Presidents Carter and Reagan:

http://www.readingeagle.com/ap/article/how-bannons-navy-service-during-the-iran-hostage-crisis-shaped-his-views

Fills in the Why he is a conservative and a Republican