According to reports, he is a former member SEAL Team Six,
and Hollywood has created movies based on their famous missions. Some of these
movies include, Captain Phillips,
Lone Survivor, and Zero
Dark Thirty.
Many have expressed fears for O’Neill and his family’s
safety following the revelation of his identity. However his father, Tom, is
unperturbed.
He said that People are asking if
we are worried that ISIS will come and get us because Rob is going public. I
say I’ll paint a big target on my front door and say come and get us,”
However, he has received lots of backlash for deciding to
speak out, especially from the Navy.
Force
Masters Michael. Magaraci and Brian Losey stated:
“Violators of
our Ethos are neither Teammates in good standing, nor Teammates who represent
Naval Special Warfare.
A critical tenant (sic) of our Ethos is ‘I do not
advertise the nature of my work, nor seek recognition for my actions.
We do not abide willful or selfish disregard for
our core values in return for public notoriety and financial gain, which only
diminishes otherwise honorable service, courage and sacrifice.
Classified information is protected by law.
All members exposed to classified information have
a duty obligation to protect this information, regardless of what may be
reflected in the media, accurately or otherwise.
We will actively seek judicial consequence for
members who willfully violate the law, and place our Teammates, our Families,
and potential future operations at risk.”
Despite the SEALs’
warnings, O’Neill has vowed to speak out. Fox News will be interviewing him
next week, in a special segment called, called ‘The Man Who Killed
Osama bin Laden.’ He will be speaking about his training, and will
give details about the mission that lead to Bin Laden’s death.
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