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Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Mitchell McGinnis, left, and Lieutenant Timothy Mohammad, assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Patuxent River, perform pull-ups during the command’s monthly physical training event at the Naval Air Station Patuxent River Drill Hall Field. The command took on the 'Murph' challenge to honor the upcoming Memorial Day weekend and pay tribute to Navy SEAL Lt. Michael Murphy, who was killed in action in Afghanistan in 2005 and posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. While the command structured the event to allow for team-based scaling, Mohammad opted to tackle the punishing workout individually while wearing a 20-pound weighted vest. To complete the full, traditional challenge solo, he pushed through a 1-mile run, 100 pull-ups, 200 push-ups, 300 squats, and a final 1-mile run, embodying the rigorous standard of the original tribute and demonstrating the command's commitment to physical readiness.