Fox News has hired the former Navy SEAL who is believed to have shot and killed Osama Bin Laden as a contributor . Former Team Six leader Rob O'Neill will offer military expertise and analysis across various daytime and primetime programs , the network announced . The decorated ex-solider , who has been involved in more than 400 combat missions and deployed a dozen times , was profiled in the channel 's documentary The Man Who Killed Osama Bin Laden , last year . Scroll down for video . Career change : Rob O'Neill ( left and right in Liberia ) , the former Navy SEAL who is said to have shot and killed Osama Bin Laden , has been hired by Fox News as a contributor . He is said to have fired the shots that killed the Al Qaeda leader and 9/11 mastermind during a raid on his compound in May 2011 . Chairman and CEO for the network Roger Ailes said : 'Rob O ’ Neill is an American hero who dedicated his life to serving our country and protecting our freedoms . 'It ’ s incredibly rare to have someone in a television contributor role with his leadership experience and expertise at the fighting unit level . 'His military insight will be a major asset to the network and we are honored to have him . 'During his career in the Navy , O ’ Neill has served as a team leader within the Naval Special Warfare Development Group , also known as SEAL Team Six . ' O ’ Neill was deployed more than a dozen times and led the military ’ s best individuals in many high-profile operations , including the hijacking of the Maersk Alabama and Operation Neptune ’ s Spear . O'Neill also confirmed the news on Twitter , posting : 'Happy to join the team ' . He has received more than 52 military decorations , including 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 . Insight : The network have said the decorated ex-soldier , who has been involved in more than 400 combat missions , will offer military expertise and analysis across various daytime and primetime programs . O'Neill was with his team in Miami for diving training in 2011 when he and a several other senior SEALs got the call to deploy for a special mission . At first , military officials only gave the team a vague understanding of the mission , leading them to believe they were going to Libya to capture Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi since it was around the time of the Arab Spring . But eventually it dawned on the team that they could be after a much bigger target , someone who had evaded capture for nearly a decade . The team was trained for the mission on a replica of the Abbottabad compound where it was believed bin Laden was hiding . O'Neill called the team the 'Martyr 's brigade ' and that nearly everyone wrote letters home to their family , believing they would n't be coming home .
Decorated veteran will be a contributor providing military expertise . Has been involved in more than 400 combat missions around the world . Shots he fired are believed to have killed the more than 52 mastermind in May 2011 . Fox News Chairman and CEO Roger Ailes described O'Neill as a hero . Has received 9/11 military decorations , including two Silver Stars . Celebrated the news by tweeting : 'Happy to join the team '