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INDEX

Active Endeavor, Operation

Advanced SEAL Delivery System (ASDS)

Afghanistan: bombing campaign in; goat herders in; Hindu Kush mountains; Korangal Valley; Kunar Province; map of; overview of; priority of war in; rules of engagement in; snatch-and-grab missions; Taliban attacks on government of; Taliban control of; Tora Bora cave complex.
See also
Taliban

Africa, Horn of

agoge

Arlington National Cemetery

Army Airborne School

Army Night Stalkers. See Night Stalkers (160th SOAR)

Axelson, Matthew: ambush of and attack on; deployment of; early life, training, and expertise of; live-fire IAD; mission assignment; mission execution; Navy Cross award; remains of; rescue operation

Banas, Eva

Basic Underwater Demolition/ SEAL (BUD/S) training: academic requirements; acceptance to; appraisal of Michael for; community development during; completion rate; conditioning phase (First Phase); decision to pursue; demolitions training; dive training (Second Phase); graduation from; Hell Week; Indoctrination Course; land-warfare phase (Third Phase); location of; mental challenges; Monster Mash; Physical Readiness Test (PRT); punishment; quitting; recruit mentoring and preparation; training evolutions; warrior culture

bin Laden, Osama

Bishop, Timothy

Bisset, Andrew: appraisal of Michael; funeral for Michael; McCombie call to; Medal of Honor ceremony; military career of; missing status of Michael; OCS preparations; RDAC program; retirement of

Bogenshutz, John

Bogenshutz, Maureen

Bogenshutz Bishop, Kristen

Bradley, Myron: mission briefing; mission execution; mission planning; QRF loss; rescue and recovery operations; rope entanglement and cutting

Brown, Bryan D.

Bryant, Eugene

Bush, George W.

Caldwell, Jerry

Calverton National Cemetery

Camp Al Huey

Camp Billy Machen

Camp Chapman

Camp Lemonier

Camp Ouellette

Camp Salerno

Capitol Building

center peel

Close Quarters Defense (CQD) training

cold-weather training

combat leaders, duties of, xiv

Combat Training Tank (CTT)

Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force-Afghanistan (CJSOTF-A)

courage motto

Coyle, Robert: casualty call to Murphy family; funeral for Michael; Medal of Honor Flag ceremony

Dane, John

DeGhetto, Todd

Dietz, Danny: ambush of and attack on; death of; early life, training, and expertise of; identification of remains of; mission assignment; mission execution; Navy Cross award; ramp ceremony; remains of; SDVT-2 deployment

dive supervisor course

Dover Air Force Base

drown proofing

Duck drops

Duggan, Brianne

Duggan, Dan

Duggan, Heather: casualty call to Duggan family; death of Michael, notification about; Father’s Day message; flag presentation; funeral for Michael; information about Michael, access to; Michael’s remains, return of; missing status of Michael; news story about attack on SEAL team; support network for; wedding plans

Duggan, Lynda

Dunn, Seth

Dunson, John

Easter, Chad

Emmerich, James

Europe

Father’s Day

fear

flag, folded, meaning of

Fontan, Jacques Jules

foreign policy and national security

funeral: Calverton National Cemetery; Clayton Funeral Home; family prayer service; flag presentation; funeral procession; graveside ceremony and final resting place; Mass; military honors; preparations for; visitation

Furio, Nannette

Gilmore, Steve

Global War on Terror (GWOT)

Goare, Shamus O.

Goodnature, Cory J.

gouge

Haffele, Andy

Hall, Chris

Hall of Heroes, xix

Hardy, Nathan

Healy, Daniel R.: awards and decoration; burial and memorials; deployment of; early life, training, and expertise of; live-fire IAD; missing status of; mission briefing; mission planning; orientation briefing; packing stuff before deployment; rescue operation; rope entanglement and cutting

helicopters: Chinook MH-47E helicopter
; flare maneuver; QRF and rescue operation

Hell Week

Hernandez, Mark

heroes

H-gear

Hillicke, Eileen

immediate action drills (IADs)

inflatable boat, small (IBS)

Intrepid

Iraq

Jacoby, Kip Allen

Joint/Combined Exchange Training (JCET)

Jones, Cathy

Jones, Colleen

Jones, Frank

Jones, Kathleen

Jones, Kelly

Joyce, Kevin B.

jump school

Junior Officer Training Course (JOTC)

justice and truth

Keenan, Jay

Kernan, Joseph D.

Kerry, Bob

knot tying

Kristensen, Edward

Kristensen, Erik S.: awards and decoration; burial; early life, training, and expertise of; mission briefing; mission execution; mission planning; orientation briefing; request for SEALs; rescue operation; respect for; rope entanglement and cutting; SEAL Team Ten assignment; Shah, threats from; visit to grave of

Kristensen, Suzanne

land-warfare training

leadership advice and training

Lee, Gary

live-fire immediate-action drills

log PT

Lone Survivor
(Luttrell)

Loo, Mike

Lucas, Jeffrey Allen

Luttrell, Marcus: ambush of and attack on; Capitol Building visit; deployment of; early life, training, and expertise of; Hall of Heroes induction; Hindu Kush terrain; live-fire IAD;
Lone Survivor
; Medal of Honor ceremony; Medal of Honor eyewitness; Medal of Honor Flag ceremony; media inquiries; on Michael; mission assignment; mission briefing; mission execution; mission planning; Navy Cross award; orientation briefing; Oval Office meeting; QRF loss; ramp ceremony; rescue operation

M4A1 rifle

Maggipinto, V. Anthony

Maguire, Joseph: funeral for Michael; live-fire IAD; Medal of Honor award; Medal of Honor ceremony; memorial services; memorials to Michael; mission details; rescue operation

McCabe, Barry

McCombie, Ryan J.

McEachin, James

McElhone, Eddie

McElhone, John

McElhone, Linda

McGreevy, Michael M., Jr.: Arlington National Cemetery ceremony; awards and decoration; burial; early life, training, and expertise of; mission briefing; mission execution; mission planning;
rescue operation; respect for; SEAL Team Ten assignment

Medal of Honor: ceremony and reception; delay of awarding; preparations for; recommendation signing; selfless devotion of recipients of; speculation about awarding of; tickets for ceremony

Medal of Honor Flag

media inquiries: information about Michael; Medal of Honor

Michael Murphy Trophy

military honors

military training tests (MTTs)

MK-8 SEAL Delivery Vehicle (SDV)

MK-9 SEAL Delivery Vehicle (SDV)

MK-16 dive rig

Moden, Patrick

Mogadishu, Somalia

Monsoor, Mike

Monster Mash

Mother’s Day

Mountain Tigers

Mountain Warfare Training Facility

Muralles, Marcus V.

Murphy, Dan: Arlington National Cemetery visit; Capitol Building visit; casualty call to Murphy family; death of Michael, notification about; dinner with Rougheads; early life of Michael; Ewa Banas meeting; Father’s Day message; funeral for Michael; good and bad in people; graduation of Michael; Hall of Heroes induction; injury during Hell Week; location of Michael, knowledge of; Medal of Honor ceremony and reception; Medal of Honor, preparations for awarding; Medal of Honor, speculation about awarding of; memorials to Michael; Michael’s remains, return of; missing status of Michael; Navy Cross ceremony; news story about attack on SEAL team; opposition to military service for Michael; scholarship foundation; support network for; text message from Michael; Vietnam service of

Murphy, John: Arlington National Cemetery visit; Capitol Building visit; casualty call to Murphy family; death of Michael, notification about; evening plans with father; Father’s Day message; funeral for Michael; graduation of Michael; Hall of Heroes induction; memorials to Michael; Michael’s remains, return of; military career decision of Michael; news story about attack on SEAL team; scholarship foundation; support network for; uneasy feeling about Michael

Murphy, Karen

Murphy, Maureen: Arlington National Cemetery visit; Capitol Building visit; casualty call to Murphy family; death of Michael, notification about; dinner with Rougheads; early life of Michael; Ewa Banas meeting; Father’s Day message; funeral for Michael; funeral preparations; graduation of Michael; Hall of Heroes induction; information about Michael, access to; injury during Hell Week; location of Michael, knowledge of; Medal of Honor ceremony and reception; Medal of Honor, preparations for awarding; Medal of Honor, speculation about awarding of; memorials to Michael; mental and physical strain on; Michael’s remains, return of; Navy Cross ceremony; news story about attack on SEAL team; scholarship foundation; support network for; text message from Michael

Murphy, Michael Patrick: academic achievements; athletic
abilities; birth of; cellulitis and Hell Week; character of, xix-xx; death notice; death of; death of, notification of family; early life of; education of; final visit home; Fitness Report and Counseling Records; identification of remains of; legacy of; live-fire IAD; memorials and tributes to; memories and stories about; military career decision; missing status of; optimisim of; promotion of; protector role of; remains of, return of; respect for by fellow SEALs; SEAL career of; text message from; vision surgery; water, love of; wedding plans; work ethic of

Muse, Chad: casualty call to Murphy family; funeral for Michael; Michael’s remains, return of

National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific

national security and foreign policy

Naval Amphibious Base, Coronado, California

Naval Amphibious Base, Little Creek, Virginia

Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC)

Naval Special Warfare: agoge; community support groups; JOTC; mission of; reorganization of; rules to live by; SQT program, importance of; structure of

Naval Special Warfare Center

Naval Special Warfare Command

Naval Special Warfare Foundation

Navy Cross

Navy enlistment oath

Navy Memorial