GETTIN SALTY EXPERIENCE PODCAST Ep.129 | FORMER NAVY SEAL ROBERT J O'NEILL

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🗓️ 28 February 2023

⏱️ 103 minutes

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Summary

Our special is Former SEAL Team Six Leader Robert J. O’Neill. He is one of the most highly decorated combat veterans of our time. He served at SEAL Team Two, SEAL Team Four, and eight years at the legendary SEAL Team Six. Having taken part in and led over 400 combat missions, Rob operated in Liberia, The Balkans, The Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean, Ukraine, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.

Having been decorated 53 times, his awards include two Silver Stars for gallantry in action against the enemy, four Bronze Stars with Valor to denote heroism against the enemy, a Joint Service Commendation Medal with Valor, a Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with Valor, three Presidential Unit Commendations and three Combat Action ribbons to name a few.

Some of Rob’s qualifications include Military Free-Fall Jumpmaster, Tandem Tethered Bundle Master, Naval Special Warfare Scout / Sniper, Breacher, Master Naval Parachutist, Master Training Specialist, Diving Supervisor, Range Officer in Charge for Small Arms, Close Quarters Battle, Breaching, Laser System Safety Officer among many others.

Rob took part in the rescue for Operation Red Wings, which extracted the Lone Survivor, Marcus Luttrell, he was the lead jumper for the rescue operation that saved Captain Richard Phillips from Somali pirates and he was a Team Leader for Operation Neptune’s Spear, the mission to kill Osama bin Laden.

Rob is co-founder of Special Operators Transition Foundation, specializing in assisting Special Operations Forces veterans with the successful transition from the service into their next great career in corporate America.
Rob is the author of the NY Times and London Times Best Selling Memoir THE OPERATOR: Firing the Shots that Killed Osama bin Laden and My Years as a SEAL Team Warrior.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Tonight, I can report to the American people and to the world.
0:05.0	The United States has conducted an operation that killed Osama bin Laden, the leader of al-Qaeda.
0:11.0	Crowds marched in the streets around ground zero to celebrate the killing of Osama bin Laden.
0:19.0	The President of the United States will announce in just moments that the United States has the body of Osama bin Laden.
0:24.6	That Osama bin Laden has been killed,
0:26.6	as the United States is convinced that it has the body of Osama bin Laden, the mastermind of 9-11, the architect of Al-Qaeda.
0:33.6	He is the man who's shot took down the world's most wanted terrorist.
0:38.3	I just turned and there's Osama bin Laden standing there.
0:40.3	I can close my eyes and see it.
0:45.3	He's taller than I thought. He's skinnier than I thought.
0:48.3	His beard is shorter and gray.
0:50.3	That's his nose. That has bin Laden. He's not surrendering.
0:52.3	He's a threat. I need to kill him.
0:55.1	And this Monday, on the getting salty experience, he tells his story.
1:12.6	You're listening to the getting salty experience podcast.
1:20.6	We go.
1:22.6	Here we are, brother.
1:24.6	Welcome back to the getting salty experience podcast.
1:26.6	It's the only one that brings
1:29.2	the firehouse kitchen table to you it only one that brings american patriots to you bro it's us is the
1:36.1	getting salt the experience podcast we're going to make this quick in the beginning of the show
1:39.6	tonight roof because we want to give us much time me one give me one give me one give me one
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