Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A cikin 2013, O'Neill ya gaya wa "The Montana Standard" cewa ya taimaka wajen ceton SEAL Marcus Luttrell a Afghanistan, kuma cewa shi ne SEAL Team Six "jagorancin parachute" a cikin ceton Richard Phillips daga sacewar "Maersk Alabama"
; waɗannan ayyukan sune tushen fina-finai na 2013 "Lone Survivor" da "Captain Phillips", bi da bi. Koyaya, tsohon kwamandan SEAL Team Six ya ce a cikin 2014 cewa O'Neill bai taka "matsayi na musamman" a cikin ɗayan ayyukan ba, yana ƙara da cewa "takamaiman aikin O'Neill a kowane ɗayan waɗannan ayyukan ba shi da mahimmanci saboda duk abin da muke yi ƙungiya ce".