Jeremy Michael Boorda ( November 26, 1939 – May 16, 1996 ) was a United States Navy admiral who served as the 25th Chief of Naval Operations ( CNO ).

As CINCSOUTH, Boorda was in command of all NATO forces engaged in operations enforcing United Nations sanctions during the Yugoslav wars.

Boorda, the ( then ) Deputy Chief of Naval Operations, made a policy statement to the House Committee on Armed Services on behalf of OSD and OMB: “ Within the Department of Defense, the general counsel has determined that the Pueblo crew does not, under the current statute, qualify for the POW medal … Additionally, persons detained by governments with which the United States is not engaged actively in armed conflict are not eligible for the POW medal.

Welch is one of only two modern service chiefs to have risen from enlisted rank to his service's highest position ( the other being Navy Admiral Jeremy Michael Boorda ).

Boorda was born in South Bend, Indiana to Gertrude and Herman Boorda, a Jewish family, and had a bar mitzvah at the age of 13.

Boorda married at age 19 to Bettie Moran, a Protestant.

Boorda is notable for being the first and only CNO to have risen to the position from the enlisted rates, and for being the U. S. Navy's first Jewish CNO.

Boorda was the first CNO to have risen from the enlisted rates, one of only two such modern service chiefs ( the other being Air Force General Larry D. Welch ).

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* Admiral Jeremy M. Boorda, 25th Chief of Naval Operations, Washington, D. C.

On 9 February 1994, agreeing to the request of the UN, the North Atlantic Council of NATO authorized the Commander of Allied Forces Southern Europe ( CINCSOUTH ), U. S. Admiral Jeremy Boorda, to launch air strikes against artillery and mortar positions in and around Sarajevo that were determined by UNPROFOR to be responsible for attacks against civilian targets.

Boorda served a variety of commands, primarily in aviation.

Boorda was selected for potential commissioning under the Integration Program in 1962, by which non-commissioned men were admitted to the Navy's Officer Candidate School in Newport, Rhode Island.

After graduating, Boorda was commissioned as an officer in August 1962.

In August 1988, Boorda became Chief of Naval Personnel / Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Manpower, Personnel and Training.

On February 1, 1993, while serving as Commander in Chief, Allied Forces Southern Europe, Boorda assumed the additional duty as Commander, Joint Task Force Provide Promise, responsible for the supply of humanitarian relief to Bosnia-Herzegovina via air-land and air-drop missions, and for troops contributing to the UN mission throughout the Balkans.

On April 23, 1994, Boorda became the 25th Chief of Naval Operations.

Boorda was a product of an enlisted-to-officer commissioning program in the early 1960s.

Upon assuming the duties of CNO, Boorda immediately re-established the historic program, naming it " Seaman to Admiral ", as part of a STA-21 initiative for young sailors to earn their commission and become naval officers.

Boorda believed that " people should have the opportunity to excel, and be all they can be, even if they don't get a perfect or traditional start.

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Though the number of people flowing in and out of our metropolitan areas each day has increased tremendously since World War 2,, total annual rail commutation dropped 124 million for 1947 to 1957.

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He dropped out of school at the age of 14, after being expelled for hitting a female teacher in the face.

In the episode " Steamroller " it is said that Todd had dropped out of school two years before.

In the first two cases above, " on an error " includes situations where the batter makes a clean hit ( or walks, is hit by pitch, reaches base on a fielder's choice in which no out is made, or reaches base on a wild pitch on a called or swinging third strike ), but should have been out earlier in his at bat on a foul fly ball which was dropped by a fielder for an error.

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