The USS Michael Murphy is deployed with the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier task force in the Arabian Sea.
As such, "The Murph" is likely seeing action in "Operation Epic Fury," the U.S. part of the joint U.S./Israeli attack on Iran.
The Arleigh Burke class destroyer is named after Long Islander Lieutenant Michael Murphy.
The U.S. Navy SEAL lost his life and won the Congressional Medal of Honor fighting in the Afghanistan war that directly followed the 9/11 attack on America.
It was in a 2005 firefight against the Taliban that Lt. Murphy exposed himself to enemy fire in an effort to secure fire support for his vastly outnumbered four-man team.
Two of Murphy’s comrades were also killed that day. One survived.
Murphy’s men were all awarded the Navy Cross, thus making the unit the most decorated in the history of the SEALS.
In addition to his Medal of Honor, Murphy was also the recipient of the Silver Star and Purple Heart.
Murphy was the first service member to be awarded the Medal of Honor for actions in Afghanistan, and the first member of the U.S. Navy to receive the award since the Vietnam War.
The heroism displayed by Murphy and his comrades against overwhelming odds was portrayed in the movie “Lone Survivor.”
Michael was a posthumous Irish Echo 40-Under-40 Award winner the first year of the awards, 2008.
The USS Michael Murphy is based in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. A post for Ireland-based U.S. military veterans in Kinsale, County Cork, is also named in honor of the Medal of Honor winner.
