Rob’s excitement about fighting, 114–15
SEAL Team leader killed by, 266
SEAL Team’s assignment to find members of, 137
search for Jalil in Afghanistan and, 226, 227
Taylor, Jeff, 145–46, 147
terrorists. See also al-Qaeda
SEAL team created to respond to, 27
World Trade Center attacks (9/11/2001) by, 113–14, 202, 241, 284, 304, 335
Toby (SEAL team dog), 177–78, 201–3
Tom (Army team member), 223, 232, 235, 238, 239
Tony (SEAL team member), 223, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231–32, 233–36, 237–38, 240
training. See also BUD/S (Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL) training, Coronado, California; SEAL Team Two training, Virginia Beach
Aircrew Survival Equipment school for, 24–25
close quarters battle (CQB) training, 124–26
diving instruction in, 32, 72–86
evolutions in, 21. See also specific exercises
Hell Week during. See Hell Week, SEAL BUD/S training
humor during, 32, 40, 46–50, 52, 64, 72
Instructor A in, 39–41, 62, 69, 72, 93
instructors in, 33–34, 74, 87–88, 100–101
IV therapy taught in, 150
jump school, Fort Benning, Georgia, for, 95–97
land warfare training in, 32, 88, 105, 230–31
later rotations between missions for, 115, 181, 215–18
members quitting. See quitters during SEAL BUD/S training
movie portrayal of, 18, 19, 22, 38, 56, 95
“never quit” attitude during, 40, 41, 60, 61, 62–63, 64–65, 66, 101, 155
patching ceremony as SEAL at end of, 134–36
PTRR (physical training rehabilitation and remediation), 32, 34, 35, 73–74
San Clemente Island site for diving and swimming during last segment of, 87–93
SEAL Team screening using, 122–28
skydiving training, 122–24
sniper training, 107–8, 110–11
stress and making life-and-death decisions during, 125–26
war game exercise used by, 126–28
travel reimbursements, 186
Underwater Demolition Teams (UDTs)
first SEAL teams formed from, 22
Korean War and, 22
officers emulating style of, 33, 39
SEAL BUD/S training on tactics of, 71
tactics, 71
vests used by, 47, 48
United Kingdom, Iraq missions with soldiers from, 160–61, 165
Valentine, Tom, 219
Van Hooser, Perry (“Pete”), 281–82, 295
Vietnam War, 11, 27, 108, 157–58
Virginia Beach, Virginia
drinking violation ticket during first night in, 99–100
phobia about ocean swims while living in, 72
Rob and Nicole’s home in, 121, 171
Rob’s living conditions with sister Kelley in, 120–21
SEAL reunion in, 22–23
SEAL Team Two training at, 97, 99–106, 112
training at. See SEAL Team Two training, Virginia Beach, Virginia
Volganeft (oil tanker), boarding of, 112–13
Walk Week, SEAL BUD/S training, 71
war game exercise, 126–28
Willy (SEAL Master Chief), 274–80, 288
women
in Afghani culture, 143
combat roles for, in US troops, 326–27
insurgent roles of, in Iraq, 189–90, 306, 322
Woodie (SEAL Team Two member), 100–101
World Trade Center terrorist attacks (9/11/2001), 113–14, 202, 241, 284, 304, 335
World War II, 22
X Division, SEAL BUD/S training quitters in, 31–32, 34
Yard-In Party, in SEAL Team squadrons, 134–36
Zarqawi, Abu Musab al-, 161–62
Zero Dark Thirty (movie), 317
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Names: O’Neill, Robert, 1976– author.
Title: The operator : firing the shots that killed Osama bin Laden and my years as a SEAL Team warrior / Robert O’Neill.
Other titles: Firing the shots that killed Osama bin Laden and my years as a SEAL Team warrior
Description: First Scribner hardcover edition. | New York : Scribner, [2017]
Identifiers: LCCN 2017007867| ISBN 9781501145032 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781501145049 (trade paper)
Subjects: LCSH: O’Neill, Robert, 1976– | United States. Navy. SEALs—Biography. | United States. Navy. SEALs—History—21st century. | Bin Laden, Osama, 1957–2011—Assassination. | Special operations (Military science)—United States—History—21st century. | Special operations (Military science)—Pakistan. | War on Terrorism, 2001–2009—Personal narratives, American. | Afghan War, 2001–—Commando operations—United States. | Afghan War, 2001–—Personal narratives, American. | Butte (Mont.)—Biography.
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