'My ex-wife gave birth to a man. We shouldn't be cowering in fear.'

 

Awesome.

The Navy SEAL who shot Osama Bin Laden has been identified. No longer a SEAL operator' date=' retired senior chief petty officer Rob O'Neill was the member of SEAL Team 6 who placed three close range shots into Osama Bin Laden's head on May 1, 2011. O'Neill is one of the most distinguished SEALs ever, with 52 decorations including two Silver Stars, four Bronze Stars with Valor, a Joint Service Commendation Medal with Valor, three Presidential Unit citations, and two Navy/Marine Corps Commendations with Valor. The 38 year old Butte, Montana native has reportedly more than 400 combat missions under his belt, has killed more than 30 targets, and his military actions have been depicted in three major motion pictures: Captain Phillips, Zero Dark Thirty and Lone Survivor. His father broke the story to the UK's Daily Mail in anticipation of a forthcoming Fox News Special interviewing Rob. Rob O'Neill named as Seal Team Six hero who killed Osama bin Laden | Daily Mail Online

 

 

Lots of controversy around this. Many in the SEAL community are upset with the guy for talking.

 

Others question his version of the story.

 

 

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/11/07/bin-laden-shooter-story-is-fubar-special-ops-sources-say.html?via=twitter_page

It is a shame there is so much controversy because all three guys are heroes in my book. I have seen O'Neill and he seems believable to me. There are two questions...(1) should he be talking at all and (2) is he telling the truth. I guess the Seal code is that he should not be talking. My guess is he is telling the truth but we will never know for sure.

Sounds like he only decided to talk due to his displeasure with retirement benefits...after he quit. He knew the rules behind retirement and took an early leave.

I see nothing good coming out of revealing the names of Navy Seals.

 

"All you did was weaken a country today, Kaffee. That's all you did. You put people's lives in danger. Sweet dreams, son".

As most above said, took me forever but worth the read. Thanks for posting.

I'm watching the first part of the two-part special on Fox News right now. They're going through the details of the mission to rescue Captain Phillips right now. Regardless of what went down in Bin Laden's compound, this guy is a bad bad dude - they've got video footage of it and everything. Wild stuff.