To Kill A Terrorist In Self Defense: The Matthew E. O'Neil Story

In the final episode O'Neil thanked U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations, U.S. Department of Defense and Colorado Springs Police Department. He also thanked former Lockheed Martin employee Steve Griffin, former USA Boxing official Dickie Wood, former football coach Carl Freyermuth, baseball coach Dwayne Follette, his parents and his brother. O'Neil re-emphasized that he killed in self defense and that the Iraq War was justified. The Iraq War started in 2003 and ended in 2011. Former President of Iraq Saddam Hussein was executed by firing squad on December 30, 2006. O'Neil believes that the terrorist that he killed in Colorado Springs, Col...

In the final episode O'Neil thanked U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations, U.S. Department of Defense and Colorado Springs Police Department. He also thanked former Lockheed Martin employee Steve Griffin, former USA Boxing official Dickie Wood, former football coach Carl Freyermuth, baseball coach Dwayne Follette, his parents and his brother. O'Neil re-emphasized that he killed in self defense and that the Iraq War was justified. The Iraq War started in 2003 and ended in 2011. Former President of Iraq Saddam Hussein was executed by firing squad on December 30, 2006. O'Neil believes that the terrorist that he killed in Colorado Springs, Col...

In the final episode O'Neil thanked U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations, U.S. Department of Defense and Colorado Springs Police Department. He also thanked former Lockheed Martin employee Steve Griffin, former USA Boxing official Dickie Wood, former football coach Carl Freyermuth, baseball coach Dwayne Follette, his parents and his brother. Wood was Oleg Maskaev's co-trainer from 2006 to 2008. During that time period Maskaev was WBC heavyweight world champion. O'Neil re-emphasized that he killed in self defense and that the Iraq War was justified. The Iraq War started in 2003 and ended in 2011. Saddam Hussein was executed on December 30, 2006. O'Neil bel...

In the final episode O'Neil thanked U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations, U.S. Department of Defense and Colorado Springs Police Department. He also thanked former Lockheed Martin employee Steve Griffin, former USA Boxing official Dickie Wood, former football coach Carl Freyermuth, baseball coach Dwayne Follette, his parents and his brother. He re-emphasized that he killed in self defense and that the Iraq War was justified. The Iraq War started in 2003 and ended in 2011. Saddam Hussein was executed on December 30, 2006. O'Neil believes that the terrorist that he killed was sponsored by Saddam Hussein and Iraq. O'Neil was a...

In the final episode O'Neil thanked U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations, U.S. Department of Defense and Colorado Springs Police Department. He also thanked former Lockheed Martin employee Steve Griffin, former USA Boxing official Dickie Wood, former football coach Carl Freyermuth, baseball coach Dwayne Follette, his parents and his brother. He re-emphasized that he killed in self defense and that the Iraq War was justified. The Iraq War started in 2003 and ended in 2011. Saddam Hussein was executed on December 30, 2006. O'Neil believes that the terrorist that he killed was sponsored by Saddam Hussein and Iraq. O'Neil was a...

In the final episode O'Neil thanked U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations, U.S. Department of Defense and Colorado Springs Police Department. He also thanked former Lockheed Martin employee Steven Griffin, former USA Boxing official Dickie Wood, former football coach Carl Freyermuth, baseball coach Dwayne Follette, his parents and his brother. He re-emphasized that he killed in self defense and that the Iraq War was justified. The Iraq War started in 2003 and ended in 2011. Saddam Hussein was executed on December 30, 2006.

The results of O'Neil's boxing matches were reported by journalist and writer John J. Raspanti in 2018...

The Fort Taber-Fort Rodman Military Museum opened in August 2004. Its average annual visitor rate is over 8,500 people, resulting in the museum being hailed as the "biggest little military museum in the country" by former mayor of New Bedford, Scott Lang. The museum is part of the The Fort Taber-Fort Rodman Historical Association, Inc. It is a not-for-profit organization committed to assisting in the restoration, preservation and perpetuation of Fort Rodman and its surroundings. Its President is Bill Niedzwiedz.

Some of the exhibits that are housed in the museum are a statue made by a German POW who was...

In the final episode O'Neil thanked U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations, U.S. Department of Defense and Colorado Springs Police Department. He also thanked former Lockheed Martin employee Steven Griffin, former USA Boxing official Dickie Wood, former football coach Carl Freyermuth, baseball coach Dwayne Follette, his parents and his brother. He re-emphasized that he killed in self defense and that the Iraq War was justified. The Iraq War started in 2003 and ended in 2011. Saddam Hussein was executed on December 30, 2006.

The results of O'Neil's boxing matches were reported by journalist and writer John J. Raspanti in 2018...

The Fort Taber-Fort Rodman Military Museum opened in August 2004. Its average annual visitor rate is over 8,500 people, resulting in the museum being hailed as the "biggest little military museum in the country" by former mayor of New Bedford, Scott Lang. The museum is part of the The Fort Taber-Fort Rodman Historical Association, Inc. It is a not-for-profit organization committed to assisting in the restoration, preservation and perpetuation of Fort Rodman and its surroundings. Its President is Bill Niedzwiedz.

Some of the exhibits that are housed in the museum are a statue made by a German POW who was...

In the final episode O'Neil thanked U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations, U.S. Department of Defense and Colorado Springs Police Department. He also thanked former Lockheed Martin employee Steven Griffin, former USA Boxing official Dickie Wood, former football coach Carl Freyermuth, baseball coach Dwayne Follette, his parents and his brother. He re-emphasized that he killed in self defense and that the Iraq War was justified.

The results of O'Neil's boxing matches were reported by journalist and writer John J. Raspanti in 2018. Raspanti wrote the article "You Only Live Once. Just Ask Matthew O'Neil" for the...

The Fort Taber-Fort Rodman Military Museum opened in August 2004. Its average annual visitor rate is over 8,500 people, resulting in the museum being hailed as the "biggest little military museum in the country" by former mayor of New Bedford, Scott Lang. The museum is part of the The Fort Taber~Fort Rodman Historical Association, Inc. Its Predsident is Bill Niedzwiedz.

Some of the fascinating exhibits that are housed in the museum are a statue made by a German POW who was held at Camp Edwards on Ca...

In the final episode O'Neil thanked U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations, U.S. Department of Defense and Colorado Springs Police Department. He also thanked former Lockheed Martin employee Steven Griffin, former USA Boxing official Dickie Wood, former football coach Carl Freyermuth, baseball coach Dwayne Follette, his parents and his brother. He re-emphasized that he killed in self defense and that the Iraq War was justified.

The results of O'Neil's boxing matches were reported by journalist and writer John J. Raspanti in 2018. Raspanti wrote the article "You Only Live Once. Just Ask Matthew O'Neil" for the...

Cape Cod Military Museum is a museum that collects, preserves and displays military memorabilia, with an emphasis on educating young people and the community through displays, lectures and with oral histories. Its goal is to establish a permanent military library and archive. The museum's focus is military history concerning Southeastern Massachusetts. The museum was founded by Donald Ellis and Joe Yukna. The President of Cape Cod Military Museum is Joe Yukna. Yukna has done lectures for the museum, including lecturing Airmen on Camp Edwards. Its website is capecodmilitarymuseum.org. Yukna publishes a monthly bulletin disseminated via email giving subscribers periodic upd...

Cape Cod Military Museum is a museum that collects, preserves and displays military memorabilia, with an emphasis on educating young people and the community through displays, lectures and with oral histories. Its goal to establish a permanent military library and archive. The museum's focus is military history concerning Southeastern Massachusetts. The museum was founded by Donald Ellis and Joe Yukna. The President of Cape Cod Military Museum is Joe Yukna. Yukna has done lectures for the museum, including lecturing Airmen on Camp Edwards. Its website is capecodmilitarymuseum.org. Yukna publishes a monthly bulletin disseminated via email giving subscribers periodic updates about...

The incident between Senior Airman O'Neil and the terrorist took place at a business located off of a side street of North Academy Boulevard in Colorado Springs. O'Neil has stated that he believes that the car he was driving may have been tailed to the business. He drove a 1998 Hyundai Accent GL Sedan. O'Neil's car had 4 doors and was red. He has stated that he had never seen the terrorist before. The entire incident lasted less than 10 minutes. O'Neil lived by himself at Devonshire Square Apartments in Colorado Springs from early November 1999 to July 31, 2000.

Operation Southern Watch was a military operation conducted by the U.S. Department of Defense from August 1992 to March 2003. United States Central Command's Joint Task Force Southwest Asia had the mission of monitoring and controlling the airspace south of the 32nd Parallell and 33rd Parallell in southern and south-central Iraq during the period following the end of the 1991 Gulf War until the invasion of Iraq in 2003.

The Khobar Towers bombing was a terrorist attack that occurred on June 25, 1996, in Khobar, Saudi Arabia. A truck bomb detonated near the Khobar Towers housing complex. The bomb ki...

As of 2021, there are nearly 45,000 active duty troops in the Colorado Springs area. There are more than 100,000 veterans and thousands of reservists. The military and defense contractors supply more than 40% of the region's economy. Colorado Springs is home to the Peterson Space Force Base, Schriever Space Force Base, Cheyenne Mountain Space Force Station, Fort Carson Army Base, U.S. Air Force Academy, U.S. Space Command, and Space Operations Command. It is the largest contingent of space service military installations which are responsible for intelligence gathering, space operations, and cyber missions. Colorado Springs is 70 miles south of Denver, Colorado.

Suzanne M. Vautrinot (1959-) is a retired U.S. Air Force Major General. She was commander of 11th Space Warning Squadron at the time Senior Airman (E-4) Matthew E. O'Neil killed a domestic terrorist. Vautrinot served on active duty United States Air Force from 1982 to 2013. Vautrinot graduated from Edison High School (California) in 1978. She was inducted into the Edison High School Hall of Fame in 2023. From April 29, 2011 to June 2013 she was the Commander of 24th Air Force; and Commander, Air Forces Cyber; and Commander, Air Force Network Operations, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. General Vautrinot was responsible for t...

The Khobar Towers bombing was an attack on part of a housing complex in the city of Khobar. Saudi Arabia, near the national oil company (Saudi Aramco) headquarters of Dhahran and nearby King Abdulaziz Air Base on June 25, 1996. Khobar Towers was being used as living quarters for coalition forces who were assigned to Operation Southern Watch, a no-fly zone operation in southern Iraq, as part of the Iraqi no fly zones. A truck bomb was detonated adjacent to an eight-story structure housing members of the United State Air Force's 4404th Wing (Provisional).In all, 19 U.S. A...

O'Neil killed a terrorist with a kung fu punch. A kung fu punch can refer to the general concept of punching techniques in the martial art of kung fu, or it can refer to a specific type of punch, such as the one-inch punch. Kung fu punches emphasize generating power through body mechanics and coordination, rather than relying solely on arm strength.

At the age of 17, O'Neil scored 1180 on the Scholastic Aptitude Test. He passed 30 credits at The University of Massachusetts Amherst as a teenager in 1994 and 1995. O'Neil graduated with a B.S. in Computer Information Systems Management from Colorado Christian University in 2001. He graduated with a M.B.A. from Regis University in 2004. In his mid-twenties he was employed by Harvard University. O'Neil was paid to work in business and was a top rated writer and journalist for the Santa Monica, California based company Everipedia Inc. from June 2019 to September 2022. He is the author of numerous books on Amazon. Everipedia Boxing...

At the age of 17, O'Neil scored a 1180 on the Scholastic Aptitude Test. He passed 30 credits at The University of Massachusetts Amherst as a teenager in 1994 and 1995. O'Neil graduated with a B.S. in Computer Information Systems Management from Colorado Christian University in 2001. He graduated with a M.B.A. from Regis University in 2004. In his mid-twenties he was employed by Harvard University. O'Neil was paid to work in business and was a top rated writer and journalist for the Santa Monica, California based company Everipedia Inc. from June 2019 to September 2022. He is the author of numerous books on Amazon. Everipedia...

O'Neil is a former amateur boxer that competed in USA Boxing sanctioned matches in the late 1990's. He KO'd 1991, 1993 LSU National Baseball Champion Jeffrey Naquin on June 20, 1998. Naquin retained a full NCAA Division I athletic scholarship. Naquin signed sports memorabilia on Worthpoint and pictures of him playing baseball are for sale on eBay. O'Neil TKO'd 1997, 1999 US Armed Forces Superheavyweight Boxing Champion Preston Hartzog on October 8, 1999. Hartzog was a member of the U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program. Hartzog died in 2006. O'Neil's boxing matches occurred at 3D Boxing Gym in Colorado Springs. 3D Boxing Gym was owned by Dickie Wood...

At the time he was cleared O'Neil held an Associate of Applied Science degree in Information Technology from The Community College of the Air Force. He graduated on February 11, 1999. O'Neil's immediate commanding officer while stationed in the Middle East was Captain Dickey Rounsaville. O'Neil worked as a truck driver, base telephone operator, and computer network administrator as an Airman First Class and Senior Airman while a member of 763rd Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron. O'Neil was stationed at Schriever Air Force Base at the time of the incident as a member of 11th Space Warning Squadron. Schriever Air Force Base was rena...

O'Neil was interviewed by Rich Bergeron on the Fight News Unlimited podcast for July 4, 2025 at the 26th minute. The interview lasted 25 minutes. O'Neil discussed his sports background and the incident that he had with a terrorist. O'Neil mentioned his training partner Shannon Berry during his interview with Bergeron. O'Neil mentioned the 2013 movie Lone Survivor and 2014 movie American Sniper during the Fight News Unlimited podcast. He stated that Marcus Luttrell and Chris Kyle made millions of dollars by having their military experienes detailed in the above mentioned Hollywood movies. O'Neil stated during his interview with Rich Bergeron that he will not...

O'Neil was stationed at Al Dhafra Air Base as part of 763rd Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron (EARS) from May 1999 until September 1999. 763rd EARS was in support of Operation Southern Watch. When he was at a Colorado Springs business a Middle Eastern man with a foreign accent punched O'Neil as hard as he could, told him he was going to kill him, and said he had a partner. O'Neil landed a kung fu punch and broke the terrorists neck. The terrorist died immediately upon impact. O'Neil had an eyewitness for the event. O'Neil believes that the Middle Eastern man was a terro...