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Thought you might be interested in this, this is the gear that was worn by Robert O'neill during operation Neptune Spear, the mission to eliminate Osama Bin Laden in 2011
Parts of this gear was also used during other high risk missions During O'Neill's career
Some notable missions were the mission to save Captain Phillips when he was taken by Somali pirates
As well as the mission to rescue Marcus Luttrell.
Hope you found this as interesting as I did! This gear is on display in it's entirety for the first time at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library
FP edit: The cammies are not the ones used during the op, I was mistaken. His cammie top is on display at the 9/11 memorial, but all of the other gear was the gear that was actually used.
Yes, the Demon Hunter patch is real, and was worn by many people in DevGru. It's called a morale patch and serves to help morale, just like Chris Kyle had the Punisher symbol on a lot of his gear. Demon Hunter was asked if a 'military team' could use the symbol as a patch, and Demon Hunter was all for it. Only years later did they find out that the 'team' that asked was likely DevGru.
Shout out to the asshat that went through and downvoted everybody's positive comments. Good job, you really showed us.
BrutalMachine
Just finished reading his book. It's a very well written book and I recommend anyone who likes military novels to read it.
Kougeru
Thanks Obama.
KiltedinSeattle
The guy is a total bad ass with a great sense of humor.
Jsmooth22
Favorite band!
Treblaine
"Watch out Bin Laden, somewhere on me is a tiny bulletproof shield. If you shoot me and hit it, then you'll be the laughing stock of me"
therobisaur
Demon Hunter must be so stoked.
CatBlaster5000
Shit I would be. I hope they write a song about it, this is one of the coolest things I've ever seen a bands image assoicated with.
Skullcleaver
AskARussian
And yet I’m here sitting on the toilet, doing nothing while people out there and doing something
PandaBearSoup
I too would rather be out there ignoring habeas corpus and civilized justice and murdering unarmed men.
jonigod24HUN
ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME MY FAVORITE BAND :O ! :D
Jaketorious
But why at the Richard Nixon library?
MoonbuttTheGreat
O'neill was there for a big book signing and fundraising event, so he sent his gear ahead of him to be displayed
Jaketorious
Thanks for the quick and concise answer!
Taprackban6
Where s the blaster?
Dera13
I don't get it, it's just an empty box
Bugstomper79
Just an empty box with a Demon Hunter patch
prequelsbestfilms
Smh people these days right
TheProfessionalOne
Why is there is lady in his gear (pic#2)? Was she necessary for the operation too? Haha.
MoonbuttTheGreat
I believe that is a tactical Asian, they're commonly used as calculators for distances and ballistics
xcopperx
I wish op posted a closer pic of the guy himself on the bottom right...
MoonbuttTheGreat
Litlbrd
Didn't know their belts were color matched to AOR1 as well.
Phitenmen08
If you're not wearing an eye bleeding amount of aor1 then are can you be considered devgru?
MoonbuttTheGreat
When you have as much money as Devgru, you can afford to match all the things xD
randomthoughtsaccount
Fucking SEALs are bad ass mother fuckers man. Always calm and collected. Very erie to see, but great guys.
PanicAtTheCostco
Honestly this is kind of suspicious. Why would something so personal be put on display like that? It's almost overkill to make us
PanicAtTheCostco
believe the story we were told. Idk... never seeing Osama bin ladens body just never quite sat right with me.
TapToRetry
Tier 1 guys operate as teams, not saying forget Oniell but think about all the thankless guys swimming in shit so we can sleep peacefully
MoonbuttTheGreat
pretty much all military do, most of them don't like the spotlight though. Apparently O'neill got a lot of shit for being 'the shooter'
WalrusMuscles
That gear looks really clean, more than I would have expected
OneShot510
That's true but you can see that that it has been worn. The long sleeves and shoulders are sun bleached making them a bit lighter.
swedishbutthurtguy
most likely not THE stuff he wore, but same type. bc yeah, its all brand spanking new out of box in that display.
LankyFrog
you thought they leave osamas blood on?
shirtpants12
He was actually filled with acid.
LankyFrog
the good kind?
MoonbuttTheGreat
These guys are in and out on an op, not a lot of trekking or slumming it like the standard Teams or SOF guys.. Pays to be Tier 1 haha
WalrusMuscles
Yeah but I would have thought they would wear their uniform more than a couple times. That said, I see DARPA folks sometimes and their 1/2
WalrusMuscles
2/2 shit is always very clean
MoonbuttTheGreat
I'm pretty sure this was professionally cleaned before it was displayed too, but I'm not sure
WalrusMuscles
that would also make sense, kinda detracts from the coolness though
lazysombrero
What? I cant see anything apart from a red badge
MultiplePersonalitiesProfile
Would be nice to see Osama's body before they threw it away...
PandaBearSoup
Would be nice to see him stand trial.
MultiplePersonalitiesProfile
Nice for us "the people", for the government may not want people to know whatever he has to say.
thisaccountisnotentirelyjustforsmut
Osama Bin Oswald
HotDamnit
The stats on those must be god-tier.
SecSantaThrowAway
I can tell you right now he did things none of us will ever know about.
TairaMai
Not after the DOD's lawyers got done with the author of "No Easy Day"
GrizzlyWicks
yea but ive done thing you will knever know about
plymouthvaliant
Well, considering he broke the nondisclosure agreement to cash in on a book...we might.
WillJeSuis
You mean having sex?
DemonicCarnage
Ha that's what you think all navy seals upon completing buds get a book signing deal to write about all their classified missions
ctennessen
My father in law was a Navy Seal Special Forces sniper, so many stories I'll never hear. Also know that if I fuck up they'll never find me
yesigetitivape
I'll always wonder, why they dump the body at sea instead they can bring it to the public and let people see him by themselves?
Treblaine
That would have been an utter shit-show, of all the things they'd do that'd be the last. Burial at sea was frankly a genius solution.
disinformatique
Here, read this and make your own conclusions http://anonhq.com/what-is-happening-to-the-bin-laden-killers-seal-team-six/
OmenRider
Because the Navy thought it would be funny to strap his corpse to a skateboard and launch his ass off the carrier catapult. Or so I hope.
SpeaksfluentScreaming
Maybe so there was no way his body or his burial site could become a shrine to extremist follows, like Hitlers bunker being a carpark
MultiplePersonalitiesProfile
They could have presented the body to other government agencies before, don't you think? Why run the risk of people suspecting you lied?
CannibalisticHedgehog
think it's because it's highly disgraceful for a man of Islam to not be buried in sacred land and he was the worst of Islam, I may be wrong
napalminthemorning
Butte, Montana represent
LetMeGuessWhiteDevilWhiteDevil
Hey! I live in Yorba Linda! I had no idea this was on display, definitely gonna check it out, thank @OP
MoonbuttTheGreat
Do it!
Sirrobbythe5th
Hate to break it to ya champ. But those cammies are brand new. Not salty or worn or broken in at all.
MoonbuttTheGreat
briarios3000
Yes, that is indeed the printed sheet of paper that made you fall for this con job.
MoonbuttTheGreat
Yeah bud, the plate carrier has obviously been worn. Also, it's almost like people sometimes use new cammies occasionally
NuiNiuhiNui
Can we see what Osama was wearing?
MoonbuttTheGreat
Probably man jammies
cyanidkatharsis
Snuggie?
CatBlaster5000
That fucking piece of shit.
MoonbuttTheGreat
Basically, but you wear it all the time. And you just cover your wives in a sheet
MyPatronusIsVernonDursley
How did it survive the helicopter crash?
MoonbuttTheGreat
During the Osama raid? The helo had more of a hard landing than a crash. Robert O'neill is alive and well haha
KiltedinSeattle
And he is a regular on FOX news. He's pretty bad ass.
ruffmalinois
There were two helos, one landed on the wall the other touched down outside the wall. The book "No easy day" details the raid. Great book
CaptainObviouslikesthemthicc
That's the Demon Hunter trademark from the band of the same name.
WrathCore696
Yeah i notice that, neat
ThanatosElNyx
Have you noticed that our badges actually have little pictures of daemons on them?
yourbassist
First thing I noticed.
Corrodias
It doesn't exactly... blend in with the camo, does it?
Cabbudge
Neither does the american flag on all of their uniforms, camo only works from a distance
raspberry
Are they good? I know their stuff on the killing floor 2 OST locks ass.
mustachefleas
We're you trying to say sucks? Because they're far from it
Winstitutionalized
No way that band does suck ass.
mustachefleas
No way that band does not
CatBlaster5000
IT FUCKIN LOCKS ASS
tylerlawhon
Think he meant Kicks
mustachefleas
Oh yeah. My mistake
raspberry
Yeah sorry, swipe.
MoonbuttTheGreat
Also, apparently, O'neill wore that patch on every op since he got it
IExplainJokesThatNeedNoExplanation
A bright red patch in the middle of his chest? I'm not trying to be a dick but I really doubt it. To Google!
putzcommander
Seems like a bad idea...
IExplainJokesThatNeedNoExplanation
Right? What's the point of camo if you're going to do that?
spadedoesstuff
These guys are the American equivalent of ninjas. Fyi, there are 12 in the room you are in.
IExplainJokesThatNeedNoExplanation
I was wrong. My bad.
OOSpaceDwarf
You are a good person
IExplainJokesThatNeedNoExplanation
LMAO, thank you, but I also just said I was poopsterbating a few comments down so..your judgement might be off a little :)
MoonbuttTheGreat
Yep! Demon Hunter sent CDs and patches to show support after Metallica asked not to be associated with such violent things
HeroHammerhand
Hahahaha that's freaking awesome!!!!! Love Demon Hunter!!!!
circlebreaker
Honestly, whatever else Metallica has done, it was St. Anger that made me stop liking them. I mean, Saint... Anger? WTF guys, really?
GerberLegalTeam
I couldn't listen to it for the snare alone.
dbqpdbqp
I hate to be that guy but you're wrong: https://www.facebook.com/Metallica/posts/10151273157340264
MoonbuttTheGreat
Huh, must've been a miscommunication between people, my friends in the sandbox a while ago were asked not to play any Metallica
GerberLegalTeam
Pussies.
GerbilAssassin666
Lol they named a chow hall and road on Ft Riley after them because of that
Dontracemebrah
Damn seriously? Now I wish I'd have gone to that shit hole.
GerbilAssassin666
No you don't am here currently fucking sucks
iLikeBeerandSquirrels
No you fucking don't. Been there. Can confirm, that place is a festering shit hole.
Dontracemebrah
You're probably right cause I'd have gone there from Sembach in Germany. Sembach was a vacation.
corbynDallas
Pretty sure that's mouserat
thefrog58
bruh, demon hunter, check em if you dont know them
corbynDallas
I mean, I just googled them, I wanted to listen, honest, but it's classified as a Christian metal band.
thefrog58
I forgot God Forsaken
thetonestarr
You're doing yourself a great disservice with that closedmindedness.
thefrog58
Bruh, they're Christians, but their music isn't like Jesus Jesus Jesus. Give em a listen
BigAZNMan
That's what turns you off of music? You miss out on a lot of good bands. Most of them don't even sing about religion.
thefrog58
Heart of a Graveyard, Collapsing, Wake, Not Ready to Die, Last one Alive, and My Destiny to get you started