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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...
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...
Nov 25, 1996 · WASHINGTON — In a note written before his suicide last May, Adm. Jeremy M. Boorda, then the Navy’s top officer, indicated that he was deeply concerned about recent criticism of the service and...
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.
May 17, 1996 · Boorda was the Navy’s top uniformed officer and succeeded Admiral Frank Kelso as chief of Naval operations after the Tailhook scandal. Inheriting an institution battered...
