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.

We continue to follow the capture in 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 20.

For multiple conversations you had with Rob O'Neill over the past year and a half,

how did you get actually...

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 floor.

That is the fucking American bad ad.

Do you have there.

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, time is flying and this is episode 95 of the operator podcast. This is a fun one today. I wasn't sure if

it was 84 or 94 or 95. It is 95 today and I'm interviewing my my friend and teammate Navy SEAL will

Branham I've known him since since the beginning he was he was already at

buds when I got there we graduated together we went through seal

tactical training together we went through sniper school together I think that was all

before we even deployed but we both graduated to the rank of senior Chief, which is an E8, and that's when we both got out.

But we're going to talk a lot about leadership.

He's got a couple different points from being a senior enlisted leader in the seal teams,

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