I te tau 2013, i kii a O'Neill ki te "The Montana Standard" i awhina ia ki te whakaora i te SEAL Marcus Luttrell i Afghanistan, a ko ia te "kaiwhakahaere parau" o te SEAL Team Six i te whakaoranga o Richard Phillips mai i te "Maersk Alabama"
; Ko enei miihana te turanga o nga kiriata 2013 "Lone Survivor" me "Captain Phillips", i runga i te raupapa. Heoi, i kii te rangatira o mua o SEAL Team Six i te tau 2014 kaore a O'Neill i whai waahi ki tetahi o nga mahi, me te kii "ko te mahi motuhake a O'Neill mo tetahi o enei mahi kaore i te mea nui na te mea ko nga mea katoa e mahi ana matou he roopu".