John Sydney McCain III was born on August 29, 1936 in a military hospital at Coco Solo NAS in the Panama Canal Zone, Panama. His father, John McCain, Jr. was a naval officer stationed in the Channel, performing duties at a small submarine facility. At the same time, his grandfather was the commander of the base." Jack McCain was transferred to New London a few months later, but for that brief time Panama became the epicenter of three generations of a family whose illustrious naval service would eventually span the entire world. great national upheavals of the twentieth century, from the First World War to Vietnam and its still obscure consequences" (Timberg, 1999, p. 4). They stayed there for about 10 years, until his father learned that he would be assigned to military service again. , towards the west coast. His mother, Roberta, let little Johnny along with his brother and sister finish their school days in Saint Stephen, but then packed them into the family car to take a migration trip to the West Coast as many families of military. In his childhood, he was known as a rebellious boy (Timberg, 1999). Little McCain may have inherited his harshness and revolting ways from his father and grandfather. John McCain I was a hard-nosed man, a man born to serve in the military. When he was a kid, he talked nonchalantly about the Navy, but he knew more about it than anyone his age. While he wasn't good in the classroom, he was unmatched in his knowledge of Navy aviation and the tactics of operating strike carriers. He was an honored vice admiral, who was on the USS Missouri the day Japan surrendered. He died four days later and was featured on the front page of the New York Times. Then came John McCain II. McCain II had an awfully high standard to live up to brought by his father. He planned to go to Princeton to study history and literature, but it was an impossible dream. He always knew he would go to Annapolis, to become what his father was and to maintain a family military tradition. In Annapolis, McCain II considered the rules and regulations stupid and, above all, made to be broken. However, he graduated and worked his way up to the rank of Navy admiral.