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== CIA service ==
== CIA service ==
Mulroy is a retired Paramilitary and Operations Officers (PMOO) from the Special Activities Center (formerly named Special Activities Division) of the CIA. PMOOs are a hybrid of a clandestine intelligence officer and a military special operator, belonging to the Special Operations Group (SOG) within SAC.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Robberson |first=Tod |url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/org/news/2002/021027-cia1.htm |title=CIA commandos remain covert |date=October 27, 2002 |work=Dallas Morning News}}</ref> They are recruited primarily from the United States Special Operations Command<ref>{{Cite news |last=Waller |first=Douglas |date=February 3, 2003 |title=The CIA's Secret Army: The CIA's Secret Army |url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1004145-1,00.html |newspaper=Time |access-date=January 28, 2018}}</ref> and are a majority of the recipients of the rare CIA valor awards of the Distinguished Intelligence Cross and the Intelligence Star.<ref>Gup, Ted (2000). ''The Book of Honor: Covert Lives and Classified Deaths at the CIA''.</ref>
Mulroy is a retired Paramilitary and Operations Officers (PMOO) from the Special Activities Center (formerly named Special Activities Division) of the CIA. PMOOs are a hybrid of a clandestine intelligence officer and a military special operator, belonging to the Special Operations Group (SOG) within SAC.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Robberson |first=Tod |url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/org/news/2002/021027-cia1.htm |title=CIA commandos remain covert |date=October 27, 2002 |work=Dallas Morning News}}</ref> They are recruited primarily from the United States Special Operations Command<ref>{{Cite news |last=Waller |first=Douglas |date=February 3, 2003 |title=The CIA's Secret Army: The CIA's Secret Army |url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1004145-1,00.html |newspaper=Time |access-date=January 28, 2018}}</ref> and are a majority of the recipients of the rare CIA valor awards of the Distinguished Intelligence Cross and the Intelligence Star.<ref>Gup, Ted (2000). ''The Book of Honor: Covert Lives and Classified Deaths at the CIA''.</ref>
While at the CIA, Mulroy spent most of career in conflict areas.<ref name="defenseone_2019-11" /> His positions included service as a Chief of a Department in Special Activities Center (SAC), a Chief of Station, a Chief of an Expeditionary Team, a Chief of Base, a Deputy Chief of a Branch in Special Activities Division (SAD) and a PMOO in a Branch in SAD, among others.<ref name="defense_1415681">{{cite web |url=https://www.defense.gov/Our-Story/Biographies/Biography/Article/1415681/michael-mick-p-mulroy/ |title=Michael (Mick) P. Mulroy > U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE > Biography |website=www.defense.gov}}</ref> His CIA awards include the Intelligence Star, the Intelligence Commendation Medal, the Career Intelligence Medal and the National Intelligence Exceptional Achievement Medal, among others.<ref name="defense_1415681" /> He is also a recipient of the State Department's Superior Honor Award.<ref name="defense_1415681" />
== Military service ==
== Military service ==