SEAL of Honor (42 page)

Navy officer commissioning

Navy SEAL Warrior Fund

New York City Fire Department

Night Stalkers (160th SOAR)

Norris, Tom

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

obstacle course (O-course)

O’Callaghan, Jimmie: friendship with Michael; funeral for Michael; graduation of Michael; memories and stories about Michael; physical fitness training; September 11, 2001 attacks and; support network for Murphy family

O’Callaghan, Owen: friendship with Michael; funeral for Michael; graduation of Michael; Medal of Honor ceremony; memories and stories about Michael; physical fitness training; scholarship foundation; September 11, 2001 attacks and; support network for Murphy family

Officer Candidate School (OCS): acceptance to; challenges at; decision to pursue; experiences at; goals of; graduation from; Indoctrination; preparations for

Olson, Eric T.

Oster, Ron

Ouellette, Brian

Pahl, David

Paro, Kent

Patchogue Post Office

Patton, Eric Shane

Pennsylvania State University

Pentagon Hall of Heroes

Pfeiffer, Paul

Philippine Islands

Physical Screening Test (PST)

Ponder, James W. “Tre,” III

professional development (PRODEV)

Purple Heart

Qaeda, al-: attacks against U.S. by; Korangal Valley control; Kunar Province; Taliban protection of; training camps in Afghanistan; Whalers Operation against

Quattromani, Jim

quick-reaction force (QRF)

ramp ceremony

range safety officer (RSO) course

Rebuilding Together initiative

Red Cell Team

Red Wings, Operation: ambush of and attack on; call for assistance; deaths of SOF personnel; execution of; goat herders meeting; men assigned to; mission and plan for; mission briefing; naming of; planning; priority of; quick-reaction force for; recovery operation; rescue operation; rope entanglement and cutting; Taliban casualties

Reese, Tamsen

Reich, Stephen C.

Reidy, Tara

Risotto, Beth

rock portage

Ronkonkoma, Lake

Roughead, Gary

Russell, Michael L.

Sauers, Ben: Michael’s reaction to 9/11; orientation briefing; QRF loss; rescue operation; respect for Michael; SDVT-2 deployment

Sawtalo Sar

Scherkenbach, Chris J.

scholarship foundation

SEAL Creed

SEAL Delivery Vehicle (SDV) Teams

SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team One (SDVT-1): base and area of responsibility for; deployment of; Fitness Report and Counseling Records; funeral for Michael; Medal of Honor ceremony; men assigned to; mission assignment; orientation briefing; training of

SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team Two (SDVT-2)

SEAL Delivery Vehicles (SDV)

SEAL platoon

SEAL Qualifications Training (SQT): graduation from; preparations for; training at; training of enlisted men and officers

SEAL Recruiting District Assistance Council (RDAC)

SEAL squadrons

SEAL Team Ten: assignment to Afghanistan; battle with Taliban; beacon tracking; death of members of; memorial services; missing status of; orientation briefing
See also
Red Wings, Operation

SEAL teams; Team One; Team Two; Team Three; Team Four; Team Five; Team Six; Team Seven; Team Eight.
See also
SEAL Team Ten

SEALs: community of; cost of training; deployment and
training cycle; dive training; equipment and gear; operations and missions; predeployment work-up; primary (core) missions; rules to live by; selfless devotion of, xiii; standards to become; team concept; training dangers; warrior culture

Senior Petty Officer Training Course (SPOTC)

September 11, 2001 attacks

shadow boxes

Shah, Mullah Ahmad

Silver Star

Skop, John Anthony

Somalia

Sparta and the Spartans

Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR), 160th.
See
Night Stalkers (160th SOAR)

Special Operations Warrior Foundation

squadron integration training (SIT)

Stahl, George

Suh, James E.

Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE) course

Swartz, Steve

Taliban: attack on Red Wings Operation; attacks on Afghan government; attacks on U.S. and coalition forces by; bombing campaign against; bombing of statues by; control of Afghanistan by; embassy bombings by; harboring of terrorists by; human rights violations by; Korangal Valley control; Kunar Province; QRF loss; Whalers Operation against

Taylor, Jeffrey Scott

teamwork

terror, war on

Thornton, Mike

Tomb of the Unknowns

Tridents

truth and justice

unit level training (ULT)

United Service Organizations (USO) George Van Cleave Military Leadership Award

United States Naval Academy

United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM)

valor, xiii-xiv

Van Hooser, Pete

warrior culture

Westin, James

Whalers, Operation

Widenhofer, Jeff: career and experience of; casualty call to Murphy family; funeral for Michael; funeral preparations; Michael’s remains, return of

Winter, Donald C.

Winters, Edward G., III

G
ary Williams is the training officer at the Warren Correctional Institution for the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction in Lebanon, Ohio, and a member of the faculty at Sinclair Community College in Dayton. He began his corrections career in 1985 at the Marion Correctional Institution and transferred to the Corrections Training Academy in Orient, Ohio, in 1995, where he served as a training officer until 2002. While at the Corrections Training Academy, he developed the midlevel leadership program that received recognition in the American Correctional Association publication
Best Practices
. He transferred to the Warren Correctional Institution in 2002 and published his first book,
Siege in Lucasville: The 11-Day Saga of Hostage Larry Dotson,
in 2003 and
Siege in Lucasville: An Insider’s Account and Critical Review of Ohio’s Worst Prison Riot
in 2006; the latter was rereleased in 2009.

The oldest of five children, Williams was reared with a near-reverent respect for those who wear our nation’s uniform. His father is a decorated Korean War combat veteran. Williams holds a Bachelor’s degree in human resource management and leadership from Franklin University in Columbus and a Master’s degree in public administration from the University of Dayton. He has six children and lives in West Chester, Ohio, with his wife, Tracy.

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First Naval Institute Press paperback edition published in 2011.

eISBN : 978-1-612-51006-4

 

SEAL of honor : Operation Red Wings and the life of Lt. Michael P. Murphy, USN / Gary Williams.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Murphy, Michael Patrick, 1976-2005. 2. Murphy, Michael Patrick, 1976-2005—Military leadership. 3. Operation Red Wings, 2005. 4. United States. Navy. SEALs—Officers—Biography. 5. Medal of Honor—Biography. 6. Heroes—United States—Biography. 7. Courage—Afghanistan—Case studies. 8. Afghan War, 2001—Biography. 9. Afghan War, 2001—Casualties—United States. I. Title.

DS371.4123.O66W55 2010

958.104’7—dc22

[B]

2010009801

 

First printing