Michael Murphy and the Ultimate Sacrifice: A Navy Seal on a Mission.

Read Lone Survivor? The harrowing story of a Navy Seal team on a special mission takes Marcus Luttrell to the brink of death. His comrades, however, never made it to tell the story.
 
After long months of preparation and elite training, they thought they were ready for anything.

On June 27, 2005, Lieutenant Michael Murphy was called to make the ultimate sacrifice. As part of the four-man SEAL team that infiltrated deep into the Afghan mountains in Operation Redwing, he made a phone call that would cost him his life to give his comrades a chance of rescue.

From the citation

Ignoring his own wounds and demonstrating exceptional composure, Lieutenant Murphy continued to lead and encourage his men. When the primary communicator fell mortally wounded, Lieutenant Murphy repeatedly attempted to call for assistance for his beleaguered teammates.

Realizing the impossibility of communicating in the extreme terrain, and in the face of almost certain death, he fought his way into open terrain to gain a better position to transmit a call. This deliberate, heroic act deprived him of cover, exposing him to direct enemy fire. Finally achieving contact with his headquarters, Lieutenant Murphy maintained his exposed position while he provided his location and requested immediate support for his team.

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Mike Monsoor, a Navy Seal - the training, discipline, dedication, and love it takes to be a hero!

What sets the Navy Seals apart? We often have a kind of a strange fascination with this elite group. Maybe it's the training, the brotherhood created, or maybe it's the mental and physical toughness. But above all, it's the men!

Michael Monsoor is one of those men! 

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To the death: Navy Seal, Praetorian Guard, and a Man on a Mission

"Amazing, I thought to myself," as we walked through the Church. "He's not here, he's actually not here." He'd seemed to follow us to all the rest of the Churches, and there was really no avoiding him.

It's not that he was that unpleasant, and in fact his story was rather interesting. It was just surprising that he popped up everywhere. Then just as I turned, I saw him again.