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Nov. 15, 2016

Zumwalt's Lasting Legacy as Told through 121 Z-Grams

With the commissioning of USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000), you've likely heard a lot about the ship's technological capabilities. But just how well do you the history of the man behind the namesake? Naval History and Heritage Command recently completed transcribing each of Adm. Elmo R. Zumwalt's Z-grams in order for people to learn more about just how

Oct. 20, 2016

Navy Legend: Admiral Elmo "Bud" Zumwalt, Jr.

By Guest Blogger: Marine Col. (Ret.) James "Jim" G. Zumwalt, son of Adm. Elmo "Bud" Zumwalt, Jr.Editor's Note: As the commissioning of USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) drew near, we knew we wanted to share more information about Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr., the 19th Chief of Naval Operations. There was no question whatever we came up with would qualify as a

Oct. 10, 2016

A Visionary for Humanity - Admiral Elmo "Bud" Zumwalt's Legacy

It's a somewhat rare event to know when history is about to happen. Even rarer that you get to plan for it, but when our office learned the commissioning date for the USS Zumwalt would be October 15th, we knew it was going to be big and we knew we had a responsibility as the Naval History and Heritage Command, to share with the American people the