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 action?

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

I actually hit him three times, so I shot him twice when he was standing and once on a plane.

That is the fucking American badass.

She's who that there.

Go, go, go.

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.

How often do we talk about preparation on the operator podcast?

I think pretty much every episode, I think preparation is very important.

I think preparation is actually more important than the perfect plan or planning, too much planning,

because planning is great and have an overall idea of what you want to do.

But the only time the perfect plan exists is when you're planning.

I've said that over and over.

I say it when I'm in person, I say it here on the operator podcast.

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