Navy SEAL Who Killed Osama Identified - Rob O'Neill has recently been identified as the hero Navy SEAL member who shot and killed Osama Bin Laden, the mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks to the World Trade Center. However, he has been ostracized by fellow members of the military for breaking their team's code of silence, according to the Telegraph.
The 38-year-old highly-decorated military veteran has already retired from the Navy after 16 years. He was one of the 23 SEALS who flew to Abbottabad City on May 2 to kill Osama Bin Laden.
The mission was the Special Forces unit's most famous operation. Until this recent happening of the Navy SEAL who killed Osama identified, the name of the people in the team had been kept top secret.
O'Neill reportedly grew up in Butte, Montana. Married with children, the Navy SEAL who killed Osama was first identified on SOFREP.com, a website that servicing military personnel.
It remains a mystery as to how the dangerous terrorist leader had been killed, as well as how many men were involved in his death.
Last year O'Neill was interviewed by Esquire magazine, though they did not publish his name. He told the magazine how he ended up in the army at 19 years old. He revealed that it was a reaction to his girlfriend at the time leaving him.
The Navy Seal who killed Osama, identified, served more than a dozen tours of duty in active combat, of which include Iraq and Afghanistan. He has already gone through a whopping 400 separate combat missions.
He has also been decorated 52 times, which included up to the level of senior chief petty officer before he left the service. The 38-year-old was awarded the military's third highest honor - two Silver Stars, and was given four Bronze Stars with Valor as well.
The revelation of the identity of O'Neill, the Navy Seal who killed Osama, came after O'Neill became a paid inspirational speaker and was set to be interviewed on Fox News next week. However, his father went ahead of him Wednesday and confirmed his name to MailOnline.
Tom O'Neill, Rob's understandably proud father, told the news authority that his son is the one who shot the Al Qaeda leader three times in the head on the May 2, 2011 raid on his Abbottabad, Pakistan, hideout, reports the New York Daily News.
SELFIE!!!.... Love NOLA! pic.twitter.com/43RfeL1VNF
— Robert O'Neill (@mchooyah) September 8, 2014
"People are asking if we are worried that ISIS will come and get us because Rob is going public. I say I'll paint a big target on my front door and say come and get us," Rob's father told the MailOnline.
Aside from killing Bin Laden, O'Neill also helped save Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell after a 2005 mission to capture a Taliban leader in Afghanistan didn't succeed. The story of Luttrell was reportedly turned into the 2013 movie "Lone Survivor" which starred Hollywood actor Mark Wahlberg.
"He is still friendly with Marcus, they had dinner together just the other day," said O'Neill's father.
The Navy SEAL who killed Osama, identified, was also the first SEAL to jump on the Maersk Alabama after it was attacked by Somali pirates in 2009. The ship's captain, Richard Phillips, was rescued during the SEAL operation, the story of which has been turned into a movie - "Saving Captain Phillips" starring Tom Hanks.
Meanwhile, as the father of the Navy SEAL is speaking proudly about his son, O'Neill's military colleagues have reportedly ostracized him for speaking out.
It has been reported that O'Neill's decision to speak out was because of losing some of his military benefits when he quit the SEALs after 16 years of service, rather than completing it for a full 20 years.
Fox News marketed their interview of O'Neill with correspondent Peter Doocy stating that the two-part programme called "The Man Who Killed Osama Bin Laden" would give the audience "an extensive, first-hand account of the mission, including the unexpected crash of one of the helicopters that night and why Seal Team Six feared for their lives". That was before the Navy SEAL who killed Osama was identified and revealed to the public.
The revelation reportedly came a day after US Naval Warfare Special Command head, Adm. Brian Losey, released a letter warning Navy Seals against breaking their promise of maintaining secrecy after missions, reports the Independent.
CNN was able to obtain the Oct. 31 letter penned by Losey and Force Master Chief Michael Magaraci. In it, they said "the most important credit we can garner is the respect of our Teammates and Partners".
"Our Ethos is a life-long commitment and obligation, both in and out of the Service. Violators of are Ethos are neither Teammates in good standing, nor Teammates who represent Naval Special Warfare," it was stated in the letter.
"We do not abide wilful or selfish disregard for our core values in return for public notoriety and financial gain."
"Any real credit to be rendered is about the incredible focus, commitment, and teamwork of this diverse network and the years of hard work undertaken with little individual public credit. It is the nature of our profession," wrote Losey.
He added that SEALs should consider themselves "quiet professionals" who do not want glory for their missions.
"A critical tenant (sic) of our Ethos is 'I do not advertise the nature of my work, nor seek recognition for my actions," Magaraci and Losey wrote to former and present SEALs.
The Navy SEAL who killed Osama, identified, may or may not want the recognition, but he has definitely done the United States a great deal of service.
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