COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS

            The Secretary of the Navy takes pleasure in presenting the 
NAVY COMMENDATION MEDAL to

CAPTAIN KEVIN P. MURPHY
UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS

for service as set forth in the following

        CITATION:

                For meritorious service while serving consecutively as Public Affairs Officer and Media Relations Officer, Joint Public Affairs Office, and as Aide-de-Camp to the Commanding General, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, from August 1984 through June 1987.  During this period, Captain Murphy consistently performed his duties in an exemplary and highly professional manner.  He was the officer-in-charge of the base newspaper, The Scout, and ensured that coverage was given to those events of the greatest interest to the readers.  As a result of his efforts, the newspaper was chosen as the best commercial-enterprise newspaper for 1985 and received the prestigious Thomas Jefferson Award for journalistic excellence in 1986.  Assigned as the media relations officer, Captain Murphy was tasked with developing a more active media relations strategy.  He directed a campaign which resulted in an unprecedented number of media escorts and queries and obtained more than $100,000 worth of free coverage of the base and the Marine Corps.  As Aide-de-Camp, his service was characterized by an absolute commitment to excellence and faultless attention to detail.  Captain Murphy's sustained superior performance, initiative, and total dedication to duty reflected great credit upon himself and were in keeping with the highest traditions of the Marine Corps and the United States Naval Service.   

 

                                                     For the Secretary of the Navy,

                                                      Alfred M. Gray
                                                      Commandant of the Marine Corps

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