Military life, especially in an overseas environment, can be overwhelming as it is exciting. There are frequent moves, deployments, and a limited support system, as well as navigating a foreign country in a foreign language. These were some of the reasons that the Navy Ombudsman Program was established by then-Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. E.R. Zumwalt Jr in 1970. The program’s mission is to “serve as an information link between...
