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Murph: The Protector Page #3
not so much in life, but in athletics.
And he would wear the same shirt
to play football in
without washing it.
That was him.
That's what he would do.
And he would say, "Well, if someone's
gonna have to tackle me,
they're gonna have to
get through the stink."
And so from that day forward,
he was known as Stinky
among our tight group of friends.
He really did love Penn State.
He had really good friends.
He had his home friends.
And everybody always
kept up with each other.
What more could you ask for?
He was happy.
I wasn't quite sure what his path was
gonna be when he went to Penn State,
but it was something
that was in his heart
and something
that he wanted to pursue.
And, you know,
I was very proud of him.
The kid was smarter
and more well-read
because it's not something
that he talked about or let on.
He was a prolific reader,
you know.
He read everything
that he could get his hands on.
But on his list of reading material
he said,
"Look, if you want to get me
something for Christmas,
there's this great book
I'd like called
"The Bear On the Other Side
of the Mountain,"
or "The Bear Over the Mountain."
We didn't put any stock...
it kind of... whew... over our heads.
Afterwards we find out,
"The Bear Over the Mountain"
invasion into Afghanistan.
And it was almost like a clue
that we didn't pick up.
to law school, just because.
As far as we knew,
he was always gonna go to law school.
He had all these accolades,
the grades.
His dad's a lawyer.
That's what his dad wanted him to do.
And Mike, he had the grades.
To my knowledge, got into
U Penn Law School, Tennessee Law.
He didn't really,
like, talk about it much.
He started taking it to the next level.
He started training,
just because
he wanted to be in top shape
before he did it.
So clearly he was getting
prepared for something.
The SEALs... this is crazy,
you know.
It's like the elite of the elite.
And I didn't really, truly believe
that he was gonna do it.
Michael turns to me
and says, "Dad,"
he said, "you know,
we've been talking
about legal education and stuff,
but I've been looking
at the special operations branch,
specifically the Navy SEALs."
All of a sudden, he just said,
"I want to do this."
And I have to tell you,
I tried to talk him out of it and said,
"But you're really good with people.
You could be a good teacher."
And I looked at him
and I told him,
I said I'd disown him
if he joined the military.
And it was something like,
"Oh, you know,
it's really hard to get into,"
and all this.
And don't say that to Mike,
because when you say he can't do
something, he will just go for it.
Of course you don't wish that
for your eldest son...
to be put in harm's way.
SEALs are about team.
They always are. They're not about
individual accomplishment.
They're not about who...
who can score the most points
in a basketball game.
that made the best passes
in a basketball game,
not the guy that dunked it.
It must have been
something he read about
and he liked the idea
of the work that they did
and he got it in his head.
And then it was one of those...
again, Michael becomes focused
and determined... "Oh, this is my path."
The first time I ever met Michael
was by phone
when he called me up
and asked me
if I would talk to him
about becoming a Navy SEAL.
I told Michael to come by on...
I believe it was a Saturday...
and I'd be happy
to talk to him about it.
When he met Mike, he said
there's certain guys
you tell right off the bat.
And he said,
"I was out there chopping wood
and Mike comes around the corner
and introduces himself
and says,
'Hi. I'm Mike Murphy."'
I was splitting wood
and said, "Who are you?"
And he said that,
"I'm Michael Murphy."
And I said, "Well, good for you.
I understand you'd like
And he looked at me
and said, "No, sir,
I want to be a SEAL."
He says, "I'm interested
in becoming a Navy SEAL."
And with that,
he's chopping wood,
he didn't even say anything
to Mike.
Mike took off his jacket,
rolled up his sleeves
chop the wood without even asking.
We talked about SEAL for some period of time
and my experiences in it
and what I thought it would take
for him to achieve that.
And he convinced me
that he absolutely should have
the opportunity to try,
which was...
it's not often that that happens
over a period of a singular...
single conversation.
If he hadn't come out
our conversation
would have been very brief
after we got done.
But he didn't know that.
Two, three,
four...
You know, Mike would go upstate
to do fitness tests to qualify.
And every day at the beach
was a chance to train.
So he'd be doing sit-ups,
running, swimming,
whether it would be leave here
and go to the pool
to drown-proof himself
or to do sidestroke
or do sit-ups till he yakked
and then continued some more.
Oh, he literally
would do sit-ups till he puked.
He'd come up,
turn to his side, puke
and get mad at himself.
I was like, "What's wrong with you?"
- Then continue doing sit-ups.
- And then keep going, yeah.
And then he said something to me
which made me just say,
"You know what, Mike?
Go for it."
He said, "Mom, would you like me
to sit at a desk
and not be happy
for the next 30 years
or do you really...
would you be happy,
you know, that I'm doing
something that I really want?"
What can you say?
You just want what your kids...
if they're happy,
you're fine with it.
Even though it's dangerous work,
he was happy with it.
He loved it.
He'd do it all over again.
I know him.
He would do it all over again.
I went to Naval
Academy, graduated in 1997,
from there.
I was down in Florida, San Diego,
and Virginia, flying the H-46.
I got to my squadron
about a year before.
So I did a full deployment
and then September 11th
happened,
and everybody was going out to sea
and deploying
and that part of the world.
And I went two more times
during my tour, so I was going a lot.
So I was in Persian Gulf a whole lot
during that time.
After my flying tour,
I went to be stationed
at Kings Point
Merchant Marine Academy,
which is there in Kings Point,
New York, on Long Island.
So one of our extra duties
is to be available
to be casualty officers
for any families in the local area.
March!
Mike was from Long Island,
then went to Penn State University
and graduated there,
right after that went to OCS.
We go down to see him
graduate from Pensacola.
And I don't see him.
You know, we get down there,
we get down there late,
and they're marching onto the field.
Dan and I were catching a plane
to get down there,
but there was a big windstorm, so
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