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The Operator With Rob O’Neill

167 | Mother

The Operator With Rob O’Neill

Tetherball Academy Media

Society & Culture

4.91.3K Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2026

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

This is the Operator Podcast with Robert J O'Neill.



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Transcript

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0:00.0

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.

0:08.8

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

0:12.5

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

0:19.0

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 once on the class. That is the fucking American bad ass.

0:38.3

Go go, go.

0:39.3

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

0:44.3

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

0:51.3

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

0:55.0

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

0:58.5

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

1:09.6

167, that's the number here. The Operator podcast right now. I'm your host, former SEAL Team 6 operator, Robert J. O'Neill.

1:19.5

Easter weekend, lots going on. A little war in Iran, if you heard about it. I'm going to start saying Iran again.

1:24.7

I've been sucked into Iran. Iran. Iran is just Iran. I'm going to say Iran, again. I've been sucked into Iran. Iran is just Iran.

1:28.1

I'm going to say Iran, I think.

1:29.3

I don't know.

1:32.0

Lots to do over Easter.

1:34.3

Lots to talk about over Easter.

1:36.1

We seem to get hostage rescue downed airmen, downed weapons systems, officers,

1:43.4

and pilots and whatnot around the Easter holidays.

1:46.2

Maybe we should take note of this.

1:48.6

We had the deadline last night, 8 p.m. Eastern time before we're going to blow up an entire

1:54.9

civilization.

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