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      Jack Murphy served in 3rd Ranger Battalion and 5th Special Forces Group, deploying to Afghanistan and Iraq as a sniper, gun team leader, and senior weapons sergeant on a military free fall team. He graduated from Columbia University with a degree in political science in 2014 and has worked as an investigative journalist ever since.

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      In 2019 he authored a memoir titled Murphy's Law and has also written a series of action-adventure novels. He has made numerous television appearances on national news outlets as a subject matter expert. His work has appeared on Connecting Vets, Stars and Stripes, and Yahoo News.

      Book: "Murphy's Law: My Journey from Army Ranger and Green Beret to Investigative Journalist" available on Amazon

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