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Jeremy Michael Boorda (November 26, 1939 – May 16, 1996) was a United States Navy admiral who served as the 25th Chief of Naval Operations. Boorda is notable as the first person to have risen from the enlisted ranks to become Chief of Naval Operations, the highest-ranking billet in the United States Navy.
May 19, 2021 · Admiral Mike Boorda was an American hero, and his brutal murder remains among the most successfully covered up crimes in Navy history.
May 18, 1996 · Admiral Boorda, the first sailor to rise from the lowest enlisted rank to become a four-star admiral and the Navy's supreme commander, committed suicide on Thursday afternoon, hours after he...
Jan 13, 2022 · A tribute to the late Chief of Naval Operations who was a naval ship handler, a mentor, and a Sailor's Sailor. Learn about his life, career, and legacy from a former subordinate who worked for him twice.
Nov 25, 1996 · Boorda was the only Navy man who had risen from the enlisted ranks to the service’s highest post. Although he was a popular figure within the rank-and-file, the...
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The nation's top Navy officer, Adm. Jeremy Michael Boorda , died Thursday from an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound hours after learning Newsweek magazine was raising...
Sep 8, 1996 · A REPORTER AT LARGE about events surrounding the suicide last May of Admiral Jeremy Michael Boorda... The event brought new anguish to the navy, but also a small, muted hope: Might the death of...
