Navy SEAL honored with warship bearing his name (Michael Murphy)

Yahoo! News (AP) ^ | 05/05/2011 | David Sharp

[Pyro7480]

[NoKoolAidforMe]

Rest in peace, sailor.

[Hemingway's Ghost]

I hope the ship is infused with Murphy’s spirit and honor.

[ArrogantBustard]

An older picture ... SONAR dome not yet installed.

[kabar]

Heightened security will be in effect as Murphy's mother, Maureen, christens the ship by smashing a bottle of champagne against the bow of the 510-foot-long warship as Murphy's father, brother and others watch

How f**king sick is that? We have to increase security when we christen a ship in honor of a MOH winner. It just shows how much the terrorists have restricted our freedom.

[simplesimon]

One can read in Marcus Luttrell’s book ; Lone Survivor, about Murph.
Thank you for your service and sacrifice Murphy ~!

[Ransomed]

Glenn Beck talked about this on his radio program today, what those guys went through...God bless ‘em.

Freegards

[jazusamo]

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NAVY LT MICHAEL P. MURPHY
MEDAL OF HONOR Recipient
Afghanistan War

USS Michael Murphy DDG-112

[zavvone]

I read “Lone Survivor” which was about this battle. Brought me to tears reading this story.

3 of the 4 SEAL’s made the ultimate sacrifice on that mountain.

God Bless you all!

[LibsRJerks]

This is a prime example of the FINEST among us — who we seem to have no problem wasting as we somehow dream we’re going to subdue these muslim ingrates.

It just all needs to end. Bring our troops home —put them on the border, allow them to use their great talents to rebuild our society, and, as for these muslims, send all of their dirty as*&^s home.

[TheOldLady]

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[Hacklehead]

The moral question of what to do with the goat herders is a tough one. I wonder if they could have kept them in custody, radioed in that the mission was compromized and call for extraction. Release the goat herders upon pick-up and come back another day.

[justice14]

The moral question of what to do with the goat herders is a tough one. I wonder if they could have kept them in custody, radioed in that the mission was compromized and call for extraction. Release the goat herders upon pick-up and come back another day.

Hindsight is 20/20. If I recall correctly they had a high value tarbet that they were after. I don't think delaying the operation was an option.

[Josephat]

Amen.

[pabianice]

U.S. Navy. Simply the best.

[Guenevere]

This morning Glenn Beck read this account of our real life hero, Michael Murphy and read it with his whole heart and soul..... and I don't think we will hear this accounting anywhere else in the media...(I hope I'm wrong)

..God Bless Michael Murphy....

[wastedyears]

Marcus Luttrell will be there.

[Talisker]

In a last-ditch effort to save his team, Murphy pulled out his satellite phone, walked into a clearing to get reception and called for reinforcements as a fusillade of bullets ricocheted around him.

The real question is why no one was answering their radio calls in the first place, which forced his to try the satellite phone at all.

[wastedyears]

Was it recorded at all? I’d like to hear it.

[Guenevere]

They had lost or damaged their radio phone or phones earlier...