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Name
Col. Stephen Murphy
Title
USSOCOM Command Engineer
Bio
COL Murphy is the US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) Command Engineer where he serves as a key advisor to the Commander, responsible for integrating engineer capabilities, managing infrastructure requirements, and overseeing construction support for special operations forces. Their role focuses on ensuring that SOF-specific infrastructure, mission support facilities, and operational engineering projects are synchronized with the command's global objectives.
COL Murphy previous assignment was the commander of the New Orleans District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). Col. Murphy’s Army career began in 1997 when he received his commission as an engineer officer from the Illinois Institute of Technology. He has served at all echelons within the Army, to include assignments with Armored, Stryker, Airborne, and Special Operations units, as well as in the interagency in Washington D.C. Col. Murphy also commanded the Nashville District from 2015 to 2017 where he delivered a civil works program estimated at 290 million dollars annually with a focus on navigation, hydropower, and flood risk management. He has deployed to combat four times in both Iraq and Afghanistan as well as to conduct peacekeeping operations in the
Balkans. Within the United States, Col. Murphy has also participated in humanitarian assistance missions, to include fighting forest fires in Montana and providing
hurricane relief in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina.
Col. Murphy holds a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology, a Master of Science in Civil Engineering from Missouri University of Science and Technology, and a Master of Arts in Strategy from the Army War College.
COL Murphy previous assignment was the commander of the New Orleans District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). Col. Murphy’s Army career began in 1997 when he received his commission as an engineer officer from the Illinois Institute of Technology. He has served at all echelons within the Army, to include assignments with Armored, Stryker, Airborne, and Special Operations units, as well as in the interagency in Washington D.C. Col. Murphy also commanded the Nashville District from 2015 to 2017 where he delivered a civil works program estimated at 290 million dollars annually with a focus on navigation, hydropower, and flood risk management. He has deployed to combat four times in both Iraq and Afghanistan as well as to conduct peacekeeping operations in the
Balkans. Within the United States, Col. Murphy has also participated in humanitarian assistance missions, to include fighting forest fires in Montana and providing
hurricane relief in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina.
Col. Murphy holds a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology, a Master of Science in Civil Engineering from Missouri University of Science and Technology, and a Master of Arts in Strategy from the Army War College.
