David Murphy

Colonel David Murphy retired in November 2014 after 25 years of U.S. Air Force service and is currently working on a PhD from Dallas Baptist University. Colonel Murphy served in a variety of operational, support, and training assignments culminating as the 782nd Training Group Commander at Sheppard Air Force Base. A graduate of the U.S. Army War College Class of 2012, Colonel Murphy has 12 years of experience in the Pacific Air Forces including four years in Korea.

Commentary

David MurphyFebruary 22, 2019
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Chick-fil-Aism at the Academy? A message to future Air Force leaders.

Part of the challenge of growing into leadership is understanding and embracing those who hold ideologies, views, and even morality different than your own
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Commentary

David MurphyAugust 5, 2018
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Does the US Air Force produce good leaders? A response to Col. ‘Ned Stark.’

The fact that the US Air Force is willing to remove toxic leaders negates ‘Col. Ned Stark's’ argument, Col. David Murphy writes
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Commentary

David MurphyMay 23, 2018

Korean Spring: The ‘battle of wits’

Although he is no Sicilian, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is playing a similar “Battle of Wits” with the West over his country's nuclear program, Col. David Murphy says.
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Commentary

David MurphyMay 12, 2018
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Will the Korean Spring bring a just peace?

The stunning pace of diplomatic events on the Korean Peninsula are hopeful but beg many questions. Colonel David Murphy asks: Why the sudden change in strategic direction by the Kim regime?
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Chick-fil-Aism at the Academy? A message to future Air Force leaders.

Does the US Air Force produce good leaders? A response to Col. ‘Ned Stark.’

Korean Spring: The ‘battle of wits’

Will the Korean Spring bring a just peace?

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