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SOFREP Radio

Zeroed In: Former SEAL Team Six Rob O'Neill on Life, America & Beyond with SOFREP's Brandon Webb

SOFREP Radio

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Entertainment News, Government, News, History

4.41.5K Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Robert J. O’Neill 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 leading 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. Rob has been interviewed on Fox News, CNN, CBS, Newsmax and others.

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0:00.0

Bruteforce. If it doesn't work, you're just not using enough.

0:25.9

You're listening to Software Radio, special operations military news,

0:28.6

and straight talk with the guys in the community. It's different.

0:41.5

Like America has better infrastructure, better flying culture.

0:47.3

But the fact that I created my plane over here in a container, 20-foot container, just took

0:53.3

the wings off and then put it back

0:55.3

together.

0:56.2

That's cool.

0:56.9

But now that it's here and it's U.S. registered, no one can fuck with me.

1:00.7

Like they, I got into one argument with the controllers because I had to install a new radio

1:06.7

and the guy forgot to connect the antennas, but it was, they tried to, like, give me shit.

1:11.3

And I was like, they're like, oh, what's your European license number?

1:15.3

I was like, I'm American pilot.

1:17.2

And there's like, oh, fuck it.

1:19.6

That part's like that's like the scene in spies like us.

1:23.1

It's okay.

1:23.7

We're Americans.

1:24.5

And all of a sudden, you're hanging upside down.

1:26.2

Yeah.

1:27.2

Yeah. Yeah.

1:27.5

It's amazing flying.

1:31.3

So this summer I'm going to like road trip all around Europe, Switzerland, Italy, France.

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