Background
Ze'ev Almog was born on February 1, 1935, in Tel Aviv, Israel. His parents had emigrated from Poland in 1933. He had one younger brother, Amikam.
Ze'ev Almog in uniform
Legion of Merit award
US Naval Academy logo
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Ze'ev Almog was born on February 1, 1935, in Tel Aviv, Israel. His parents had emigrated from Poland in 1933. He had one younger brother, Amikam.
Ze'ev Almog grew up and was educated in Haifa. In August 1952, he graduated from the religious High School of "Yavne" and joined the Israeli Army in the framework of Benei Akiva (a religious youth organization), the "Nahal".
Ze'ev Almog has a bachelor’s degree from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a master’s degree from the US Naval Academy.
During his professional career in the Israeli Navy, Ze'ev Almog was appointed on positions Commander of the Naval Commando Unit ("Flotilla 13"), Commander of the Red Sea Arena, and Commander in Chief ranked to two stars Rear Admiral.
Some of the notorious milestones during his service as head of the Israeli Navy are an update of the naval strategy, design of future combat equipment, absorption of new vessels and systems, training re-organization.
As a General Manager of the Israeli Shipyards, Ze'ev Almog succeeded in making the company profitable and thus saving it from bankruptcy. During his tenure, two types of sophisticated vessels were developed.
Ze'ev Almog was selected by the World Board of Governors of the U.S.O (a US government organization responsible for the personal wellbeing of the US military around the world) to become the first U.S.O president in Israel (1992).
Ze'ev Almog published several articles in Israeli and foreign publications on topics of military operations and management and had lectured at military academies and research centers in Israel and abroad about naval operations and technology. He published a book called "Bats in the Red Sea - special operations of naval commandos in the War of Attrition and the Yom Kippur War".
Ze'ev Almog is married to Dr. Geula Almog, a children's literature expert. The couple has three children: Gal, Oz, and Ram.
