EXCLUSIVE:Meet Rob O'Neill, the SEAL Team Six hero who killed Bin Laden (and he doesn't care who knows)

MailOnline   has now disclosed that the man who shot Osama bin Laden is Navy SEAL Rob O'Neill. The retired serviceman is set to publicly reveal his identity in a Fox News interview later this month. O'Neill (left, serving in Liberia and right, near his home town of Butte, Montana) has sparked anger among SEAL commanders for speaking out. But he is one of the unit's most decorated-ever sailors and as well as killing 9/11 architect bin Laden
(inset) has completed more than 400 combat missions, gaining some of the highest possible commendations. O'Neill is speaking out over concerns about conditions for veterans.

 
 The Navy SEAL who shot Osama bin Laden dead in the special force's most famous operation can be named today.
in the news,its made known by a UK based daily  
The Navy hero is set to give a full interview to Fox News later this month and waive his anonymity  of which  MailOnline has established that his name is Rob O'Neill, a highly-decorated veteran who quit after 16 years service.
In an exclusive interview Rob's father, Tom O'Neill, told  MailOnline, '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.'

Rob O'Neill, 38, is a former member of SEAL Team Six who has been portrayed on screen in Zero Dark Thirty, Captain Phillips and Lone Survivor.
He is one of the most distinguished members ever of the elite force - but now faces being frozen out of its circles for revealing its most closely-held secrets. 
O'Neill was personally congratulated for killing bin Laden - in his account at close range with three shots to his forehead - during the SEAL raid on Abbottobad, in Pakistan, on 2 May 2011. 

Bin Laden in his hide-out before SEAL Team Six were sent in to kill him. The al Qaeda leader was discovered by years of careful CIA work and three helicopters were scrambled to deploy the servicemen

Questions have previously been raised over the exact narrative of how bin laden came to die, although the dispute centers on an alternative account which claims O'Neill shot him once, leaving him mortally-wounded and the terrorist was killed by two other SEALs with further shots to the chest rather than forehead. 

Crowds gathered outside the Abottabad compound after the daring mission to kill bin Laden, which took place under the cloak of darkness. O'Neill saw it all through night vision goggles

O'Neill's decision to speak out was prompted by losing some of his military benefits by quitting the SEALs after 16 years rather than staying for a full 20 years of service. 
Today details of his extraordinary military record can be disclosed.

He was decorated 52 times, leaving as senior chief petty officer. His decorations include two Silver Stars, four Bronze Stars with Valor, a Joint Service Commendation Medal with Valor, three Presidential Unit citations, and two Navy/Marine Corps Commendations with Valor. 
Silver Stars, the military's third highest honor, are awarded for extraordinary gallantry in action against an enemy of the United States. 
Bronze Stars with Valor are awarded for merit, signifying a heroic act and direct participation in combat operations. 
It is the fourth-highest combat award of the U.S. Armed Forces and the ninth highest military award overall. 

Joint Service Commendation Medals are given for senior service on a joint military staff and is the most senior of the commendation medals.
 But his father marvels that the one award his son never won was the Purple Heart. 'That's because he was never in action where a colleague was killed or injured.
Life lessons:After his great deals in the military, O'Neill now specializes in passing on what he has learned from his missions to audiences which have included the American Supply Association, a conference on composites, and a wealth management conference at which he said: 'Fear is healthy- panic will kill you.'