Keywords: Flickr - Official U.S. Navy Imagery - Parachuter flies the U.S. flag..jpg NEW YORK Oct 6 2012 Aircrew Survival Equipmentman 1st Class Thomas Kinn assigned to the U S Navy Parachute Demonstration Team The Leap Frogs flies an American flag over the commissioning ceremony of the guided-missile destroyer USS Michael Murphy DDG 112 at Manhattan's pier 88 The new destroyer honors the late Lt SEAL Michael P Murphy a New York native who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in combat as leader of a four-man reconnaissance team in Afghanistan Murphy was the first person to be awarded the medal for actions in Afghanistan and the first member of the U S Navy to receive the award since the Vietnam War The ship will be based in Pearl Harbor Hawaii The U S Navy has a 237-year heritage of defending freedom and projecting and protecting U S interests around the globe Join the conversation on social media using warfighting U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class John Scorza/Released 121006-N-YB590-044 Join the conversation http //www facebook com/USNavy www facebook com/USNavy http //www twitter com/USNavy www twitter com/USNavy http //navylive dodlive mil navylive dodlive mil http //www flickr com/photos/usnavy/8074285505/ Parachuter flies the U S flag 2012-10-06 05 50 http //www flickr com/people/56594044 N06 Official Navy Page from United States of America Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class John Scorza/U S Navy U S Navy photo PD-USGov-Military-Navy Official U S Navy Imagery http //flickr com/photos/56594044 N06/8074285505 2012-11-12 02 10 35 cc-by-2 0 Images from United States Navy to check USS Michael Murphy DDG-112 United States Navy Parachute Team |