Zumwalt by Larry Berman

Author:Larry Berman
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins

Two days before his term as CNO ended, Bud sent a general message to all naval personnel, noting that of the 121 Z-grams, 87 had either become or were in the process of becoming directives in the navy system; the remaining 32 were either informative in nature or statements of policy. Only 2 had been canceled. Then, in accord with tradition that allowed his successor leeway, he stated that “Z-NAVOPS 01 through 121 are hereby cancelled for record purposes.”86

There was actually one more “symbolic” zinger issued: Z-gram 122 to Roberta Hazard in recognition of a magnificent naval career and extraordinary service to Bud’s career. Hazard did not meet Bud until he became CNO. She had been in the audience in November 1970 at the Naval Academy to see the man behind the scuttlebutt who was “working hard to transform the Navy into a more caring, a more respectful of the average man (and woman) organization—one with fewer barriers and more encouragement to personal achievement and contribution.”

She was so inspired by hearing Bud’s vision for the navy that two days later she called to express interest in the protocol assistant job in the CNO’s front office, a job she had twice declined as stereotyping and unchallenging. “Thus began what I still refer as the most instructive and the most informative of my navy years.”87 Hazard believed that both Bud and Mouza had been able to produce positive and enduring changes not only in the navy but in America. Both had demonstrated “their pervasive caring and concern for sailors, their commitment to necessary change and to a clearly envisioned role for our navy.”88 In 1984, Hazard made rear admiral.

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