During that time, from 2009-17, Murphy also served as a commander in the U.S. Navy Reserve Medical Service Corps. And yet, sadly, Tim Murphy’s world came crashing down in a scandal created by his choice of an extramarital affair with one of his volunteers. Tim Murphy resigned from Congress in dishonor in October 2017. Of course, so was — above all — Tim Murphy’s wife. Tim Murphy honorably sought to do just that.