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Origins
Born Travis James Murphy in 2529 to Michelle and Glenn Murphy. Travis' father was a Captain in the Navy and his mother a Major in the Marine Corps. He is very connected to his parents and his brother Jackson. They were from Mars and had resided on the red planet until Travis' and Jacksons' 18th birthday when they both enlisted in the UNSC Marine Corps. Both Travis and his brother went to basic training at Fort Wayland on Earth and graduated with honors earning them the rank of (E-2) Private First Class. Travis' MOS was an 0311 rifleman and Jackson was an 0331 machine gunner. Both of them were sent to the School of Infantry in eastern URNA and deployed with 1st platoon, Kilo company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment.
Early Military Career
Battle for Alluvion
Travis was immediately deployed to the UEG world of Alluvion and sought to its defense along side the 12th Army group. The battle started when Travis' platoon was sent on a scouting mission to investigate the suspected covenant landing zone. During this mission Travis' platoon was ambushed by skirmishers and took heavy casualties before being forced to pull back. His platoon was able to ID the coordinates of the landing zone before being ambushed. When his platoon returned to friendly lines only 10% unit integrity remained in his platoon. After a debrief over the next 3 hours UNSC Army assets would fight a desperate defense against the the vastly superior Covenant. Over the next few days Travis and Jackson would score their first few covenant kills and even took down a Elite Major. After his unit took heavy casualties in the fighting the decision was made to abandon Alluvion.
After many other deployments Travis was promoted to (E-3) Lance Corporal and was assigned as his platoons radio telephone operator. Travis was now in charge of his entire platoons outward communications relayed by his platoon commander, Gunnery Sergeant Phelps. Travis' skills were put to the test during the [Redacted] when he was forced to radio extract under fire after his platoon commander was killed and saved his platoon. After the engagement Travis was awarded the Marine Corps Commendation Medal and a Bronze Star for his actions and put him on a fast track to (E-4) Corporal.
Battle of New Llanelli
Corporal Murphy deployed to New Llanelli and aided in evacuating and fighting in bare grit combat. His Battalion fought in a straight up fight against the amassed Covenant armies that his Commanding Officer described as "The fairest fight to ever occur." which raised moral in Travis' unit. Corporal Murphy and his platoon were defending an entrenched position and we're holding firm in the crashing wave of Covenant. The marines were entrenched on the edge of a forest with a burning city all along the horizon. A highway ran along the western side of their position. An ODST sniper team nested there along with the forward command post. A fierce battle was raging and the Marines were holding firm, They had already been fighting for sometime. Travis and his company were outmatched and they slowly began to wear down. The firefight started to turn into a close quarters battle as the Covenant encroached on the Marines. Travis was dragging back a wounded marine when he was hit in his torso by a plasma round, burning through his Body Armor and into his chest. During the final stages he was medivac'd off world along the hundreds of other recovered wounded marines.
Battle of Skopje
After recovering from his wounds Corporal Murphy deployed again with the 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment to Skopje and assisted in evacuating civilians. He was assigned the northern hemisphere and his company evacuated village after village until they were caught between 2 battalions of Covenant infantry and light vehicles. The last of the pelican dropships fully loaded with civilians and wounded soared away when the attack began. His company immediately took casualties and scattered to take cover in the village buildings. The battle raged and the situation was dire, Casualties mounted and ammunition was running low. Travis was wounded in the arm and the abdomen. The Covenant were getting dangerously close on their position. The Marines were stacking bodies and were on the verge of being overran. Dozens of Marines were fiercely fighting for their lives. An unnamed SPARTAN-II saved Travis and his platoon from the massacre and got away by commandeering a couple of warthogs. While Travis and what was left of his company were being debrifed, He was informed that he was accepted at Marine Officer Candidate School.
Officer Candidate School
Corporal Murphy was accepted at Officer Candidate School and was sent to Earth to attend the OCS school at Quantico, URNA. When Travis arrived at OCS he immediately was feeling a rush of emotions as other Marine Officer Candidates walked off their transport. Talking about all the "Action" they had seen this made Travis twitch at the thought of these other Marines glorifying the war. Nonetheless Travis' first few days at OCS were rough, It had been like he was back in basic training again. Murphy blazed through OCS and only failed 1 semester test, but he had graduated and commissioned as an (O1) Second Lieutenant. He attended additional schooling and was granted the title of Marine Infantry Officer. He was then Assigned to 1st Recon Marines and deployed in early 2549.