The “Sailor’s Sailor” ADM Jeremy M. “Mike” Boorda reportedly died May 16, 1996, of a self-inflicted gunshot wound

Admiral Jeremy M. Boorda Twenty-fifth Chief of Naval Operations   April 23, 1994–May 16, 1996  All text, Photos, Naval History & Heritage Command Admiral Jeremy “Mike” Boorda, known as a “Sailor’s Sailor,” was the first surface warrior to hold the office since Admiral Elmo Zumwalt and the first enlisted Sailor to rise continuously from the ranks to …