Editing Elmo Zumwalt (section)

====Vietnam====
After his selection for the rank of [[Rear admiral (United States)|rear admiral]], Zumwalt assumed command of Cruiser-Destroyer Flotilla Seven on 24 July 1965 in San Diego.<ref>Berman, Zumwalt, 154</ref> He then served as Director, Systems Analysis Division, OPNAV (OP-96) from August 1966 to August 1968.<ref>Berman, Zumwalt, 433.</ref> In September 1968, he became Commander [[Naval Forces Vietnam]] and Chief of the Naval Advisory Group, United States [[Military Assistance Command Vietnam]] (MACV) and was promoted to vice admiral in October 1968. Zumwalt was the Navy adviser to General [[Creighton Abrams]], Commander, MACV. Zumwalt always spoke very highly of Abrams, and said that Abrams was the most caring officer he had ever known.

Zumwalt's command was not a [[blue-water navy|blue-water]] force, like the Seventh Fleet; it was a [[brown-water navy|brown-water]] unit: he commanded the flotilla of [[Fast Patrol Craft|Swift Boats]] that patrolled the coasts, harbors, and rivers of Vietnam. Among the swift-boat commanders were his son Elmo Russell Zumwalt III and later future senator and secretary of state [[John Kerry]]. Among his other forces were Task Force 115, the Coastal Surveillance Force, Task Force 116, the River Patrol Force and Task Force 117, the joint Army-Navy [[Mobile Riverine Force]].<ref>Berman, Zumwalt, 171</ref>