Episode Summary
On this episode of Behind the Mission, we feature a conversation with former Congressman and 32nd Under Secretary of the Army, the Honorable Patrick J. Murphy and his work to support increasing the transportation and cybersecurity workforce with Task Force Movement and Task Force Cyber

About Today’s Guest
At age 19, Patrick joined the Army, launching a lifelong commitment to our nation’s military and veterans. Patrick has served as a soldier, America’s first Iraq War veteran elected to Congress, and the 32nd Under Secretary of the Army.

Secretary Patrick J. Murphy is a former prosecutor, vetrepreneur, board chairman change agent as the Leading Voice of the 9/11 Generation. America's first Iraq War veteran elected to the U.S. Congress & the 32nd Under Secretary of the US Army, he is now a Wharton Business School lecturer, Emmy award-winning producer, and a senior managing director at Ankura, one of the top management consulting companies in the world.

Murphy is also the founder of an Emmy & CLIO award-winning strategic engagement & film production company, Taking the Hill LLC, specializing in gritty military & veteran projects of his 9/11 Generation. 

Patrick currently lives in Pennsylvania with his two children, Maggie and Jack.

This week’s PsychArmor resource of the week, is the PsychArmor course, Becoming Job Ready, part of the Comcast Internet Essentials course series. With the widespread use of the internet, the job market has changed drastically. What used to be “pounding the pavement” to look for a job has now become “pounding the keyboard”.

 

You can find the link to this resource here: https://learn.psycharmor.org/courses/Becoming-Job-Ready

 

This episode is sponsored by PsychArmor, the premier education and learning ecosystem specializing in military culture content. PsychArmor offers an online e-learning laboratory with custom training options for organizations.

Our theme music Don’t Kill the Messenger was written and performed by Navy Veteran Jerry Maniscalco, in cooperation with Operation Encore, a non profit committed to supporting singer/songwriter and musicians across the military and Veteran communities.