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• (Updated) Another tough time for "The Teams"

  This is another tough period for the Naval Special Warfare community. Last week, two Navy SEALs, Nathan H. Hardy and Michael E. Koch, both 29, were killed in Iraq conducting anti-insurgent operations and now word comes that an Explosive Operations Detachment... Posted Feb 12 2008, 10:13 PM by Otto with | with no comments Filed under: Iraq, EOD, Navy SEALs, firefighters, FDNY

• Ceremony to present the Medal of Honor Flag to the Mom of Lt. Michael Murphy

  I just had the honor and privilege of attending a moment of history: the first presentation of a Medal of Honor Flag to the Mom of Navy Lieutenant Michael P. Murphy . The ceremony was quite simply flawless and intense. Picture this: the circular Navy... Posted Oct 23 2007, 11:45 PM by Otto with | with no comments Filed under: Afghanistan, Navy SEALs, Medal of Honor

• Citation for the award of the Medal of Honor to Lt. Michael Murphy, US Navy

  The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pride in presenting the Medal of Honor to Lieutenant Michael P. Murphy, United States Navy, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life, above and beyond... Posted Oct 22 2007, 11:27 PM by Otto with | with no comments Filed under: Afghanistan, Navy SEALs, Lt. Murphy

• New York Times finds no news in Navy SEAL Lt. Murphy's Medal of Honor

  In a week, the President of the United States will present a medal to a native of New York City, that decoration, the Medal of Honor given in the name of Congress, is rarely given. The last four recipients did not live to ever wear it around their neck... Posted Oct 15 2007, 04:45 PM by Otto with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: NYTimes, Navy SEALs, Lt. Murphy, firefighters, NY City

• US Navy SEAL Lt. Michael Murphy to be awarded Medal of Honor.....Postumously

  Lt. Murphy in Afghanistan Navy Medal of Honor Navy SEAL Lt. Michael P. Murphy, who was killed leading a mission into the Afghan mountains in 2005, will be awarded the Medal of Honor. This mission was a four man reconnaissance element inserted to try and... Posted Oct 12 2007, 02:21 PM by Otto with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Afghanistan, Navy SEALs, Medal of Honor