Joe Murphy

Joe Murphy is a lieutenant colonel in the US Marines with 16+ years of service. In his current assignment, he leads ground combat technology development for the Marine Corps and manages elements of the DOD Replicator Initiative for autonomous systems. He served in the Afghan War and has deployed worldwide from the Middle East to the Arctic. He has spent a year at sea across these deployments. He is a graduate of the Naval Academy, Virginia Tech, and the Naval Postgraduate School. While assigned to DARPA in 2020-2021 as the Commandant’s Fellow, he uncovered the EcoHealth Alliance DEFUSE Project proposal which details research work that is considered the blueprint for SARS-CoV-2. He shared this with the investigating bodies and became an official whistleblower. He is a volunteer with the nonprofit React19 where he is helping to form an armed forces endowment for COVID-vaccine injured veterans.