Presented By:

Spencer T. Roddy

LT MICHAEL P. MURPHY

CONTENT

• Early Life

• Training

• Military Career

• Operation Red Wing

• Aftermath

• Leadership Traits

• Questions

EARLY LIFE

• Born on May 7, 1976 in Patchogue, NY

• Worked as a lifeguard

• Known as “The Protector”

• Graduated from Penn State in 1998

• Commissioned on Dec. 13, 2000

TRAINING

• Officer Candidate School – September 2000

• Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) – January 2001

• Army Airborne School

• SEAL Qualification Training

• SEAL Delivery Vehicle School

MILITARY CAREER• SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team ONE – Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

• Operation Iraqi Freedom - Special Operations Central Command

• Assistant planner in Djibouti

• Operation Enduring Freedom - Afghanistan

• Operation Red Wing – Afghanistan

OPERATION RED WING

• Officer-In-Charge of a 4 man SEAL element

• Tasked with finding an anti-coalition commander near Asadabad, Afghanistan

• Spotted by 3 goat herders

• A fierce fire fight ensued

• Rescue Helicopter shot down

AFTERMATH

• Medal of Honor, Silver Star, Purple Heart

• USS Michael Murphy (DDG-112) – May 7, 2011

• LT Michael Murphy Memorial

LEADERSHIP TRAITS

• Decisiveness

• Dependability

• Endurance

• Bearing

• Unselfishness

• Courage

CONCLUSION

QUESTIONS?