===Marine Corps career===Hurley received his commission as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps from the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps at Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1988.
После обучения по программе подготовки офицеров резерва флота ("Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps") при Тулейнском университете, в 1988 году Хёрли было присвоено звание лейтенанта корпуса морской пехоты.