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Murphy attended Penn State University, graduating with honors in 1998. While attending Penn State, he continued participating in sports, and excelled in ice hockey. Murphy earned two bachelor's degrees, in political science and psychology. Instead of attending one of the several law schools where he had been accepted, Murphy decided to participate in the SEAL mentoring sessions at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy held at Kings Point. In September 2000, Murphy was appointed to the Navy's Officer Candidate School at Pensacola, [[Florida]], and was commissioned as an ensign on December 13, 2000.<ref name="bio"/>

Murphy attended Penn State University, graduating with honors in 1998. While attending Penn State, he continued participating in sports, and excelled in ice hockey. Murphy earned two bachelor's degrees, in political science and psychology. Instead of attending one of the several law schools where he had been accepted, Murphy decided to participate in the SEAL mentoring sessions at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy held at Kings Point. In September 2000, Murphy was appointed to the Navy's Officer Candidate School at Pensacola, [[Florida]], and was commissioned as an ensign on December 13, 2000.<ref name="bio"/>

==Military Career==

==Military career==

As part of his SEAL training, Murphy completed Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) (January 2001), Army Jump School, SEAL Qualification Training and SEAL Delivery Vehicle (SDV) school. In July 2002, he earned his SEAL Trident and joined SDV Team 1 in Pearl Harbor, [[Hawaii]]. Murphy was sent to Jordan with Foxtrot Platoon in October of that year, serving as liaison officer for Exercise Early Victor. Murphy was next assigned to Special Operations Central Command in Florida and sent to Qatar. From there he was deployed to the Horn of Africa, Djibouti, where he assisted in planning future SDV missions. Murphy was deployed to Afghanistan in early 2005, assigned to SDV Team 1 as an assistant officer in charge of ALFA Platoon.<ref name="bio"/>

As part of his SEAL training, Murphy completed Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) (January 2001), Army Jump School, SEAL Qualification Training and SEAL Delivery Vehicle (SDV) school. In July 2002, he earned his SEAL Trident and joined SDV Team 1 in Pearl Harbor, [[Hawaii]]. Murphy was sent to Jordan with Foxtrot Platoon in October of that year, serving as liaison officer for Exercise Early Victor. Murphy was next assigned to Special Operations Central Command in Florida and sent to Qatar. From there he was deployed to the Horn of Africa, Djibouti, where he assisted in planning future SDV missions. Murphy was deployed to Afghanistan in early 2005, assigned to SDV Team 1 as an assistant officer in charge of ALFA Platoon.<ref name="bio"/>