Tonight, I can report to the American people and to the world that the United States has conducted an operation that killed Osama bin Laden.

Where we continue to follow the capture and killing of Osama bin Laden now.

Those are just some of the scenes overnight as thousands of Americans gathered in celebration of Osama bin Laden's death.

Former Navy SEAL Rob O'Neill says he has thought about the mission every day since that May Day in 2011.

For multiple conversations you had with Rob O'Neal over the past a year and a half, how'd you get...

And you described that his head kind of exploded when you hit him.

I actually hit him three times because I shot him twice when he was standing and one-some-office.

That is the fucking American badass.

We are not going for fame and we are not going for bravado.

We are going for the single mom who dropped her kids off at elementary school on a Tuesday morning,

and then 45 minutes later she jumped to her death out of a skyscraper.

If you need help, hang up and then dial your operator.

I'm Rob O'Neill, and this is the Operator Podcast.

Okay, episode 116, welcome to The Operator. I am your host, Robert J. O'Neill, former Navy SEAL,

and you were an operator just for listening. Actually, not just for listening. You're an operator.

If you're doing stuff, that's what we always say. If you're doing stuff, you're operating.

And when I say stuff, it can be anything, too. We did a Veterans Day podcast last week.

If you haven't heard it, it's still up there.

I just basically some stories I remember of some old guys.

Some with us, some not with us anymore, but still some good stories.

I'm not going to tell necessarily too many stories today unless one pops up.

There's a, you know, there's stuff going on out there that you should be made aware of,

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