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GB TV’s Real News From The Blaze Interview w/Brandon

by Brandon Webb · March 12, 2012 · Posted In: SOF News, Special Operations

GB TV Interview with Navy SEAL Brandon Webb_SOFREP

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Brandon Webb

Brandon Webb is a former U.S. Navy SEAL with combat deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, and elsewhere in the Middle East. His last tour in the SEAL Teams was as the Course Manager for the US Navy SEAL Sniper program, arguably one of the most difficult sniper courses in the world. He was formerly a contributing editor for Military.com, and currently the Editor-in-Chief of SOFREP.com. Brandon is regularly featured in the media as a subject matter expert on military affairs. An avid writer, his last two books (The Red Circle, & Benghazi: The Definitive Report) both hit the New York Times best seller list, and his writing has been featured in print, and digital media worldwide. You can follow him on Twitter @BrandontWebb

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justsome17yearold

I was going to ask you why you kept looking down at the end of the discussion but this cleared it up.

"I was looking down at my RESCO watch to see how much time we had left!! "

lol

Anyways,

Nice interview Brandon.

Tango9

@justsome17yearold LMAO! I missed that quote. Funny shit right there.

LCpl X

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/flatpages/local/jblmtimeline.html

I thought this was a great timeline of the "craziest" base in the nation, Fort Lewis, WA.

And I'm wondering in that timeline which starts Sept. 2004, should be started earlier

in April 2004 with the Pat Tillman fratricide (2/75 Ranger Regiment).

With all the focus on bureaucracies designed to manage all the craziness, could it

also be the weather up there?

Tango9

You did good, Brandon. I guess it was GBTV so they had to hook you up with a cell phone vice a mic, ah well. In any case they threw out some bait questions and you didn't bite. Good job. And regarding the beard? Take a note out of Brett Keisel's book and let that bad boy grow: http://www.zimbio.com/photos/Brett+Keisel

Tango9

stupid link... make sure you add the +Keisel

LCpl X

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Re warning signs, I'm wondering if any SOF troops caught on to this SSGT early.

WASHINGTON—The Army staff sergeant accused of massacring Afghan civilians while they slept was providing security at a remote base for special operations forces that were teaching the Afghans how to defend themselves.

While the soldier had no special operations training, his alleged actions deal a blow to the elite outreach program -- called "Village Stability Operations" -- which the U.S. says is key to handing off security to Afghans and keeping the Taliban at bay.

Established in early 2010, the VSO program sends small units of Green Berets or Navy SEALs to remote villages to help provide security, as well as to learn the local culture and tribal structure.

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2012/03/12/afghan_killings_mar_special_operations_outreach/

SEAN SPOONTS

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Good interview Brandon. And it's struck me as funny that you looked like you wanted to kick someones ass and were just timing down the interview until you could. Lol. As for the beard, no one says shit to SCPO Shipley about his, so what's the deal?

LCpl X

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@SEAN SPOONTS

Shipley's not trying to sell a book, plus it's a full on beard, not a 5 o'clock shadow, he looks like some Armenian, Iranian persian rug dealer in Beverly Hills.

Old PH2

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Seriously, the comment comparing us to the Soviets in the Afghan mind is probably pretty well spot on.

Interestingly, the Iranians see the Afghanis as Savages too. Afghan refugees and guest workers have been traveling into Iran since the Soviet invasion, they are treated with much disdain. Kind gives me the whole US vs. Mexican immigrant vibe.

LCpl X

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@Old PH2

All Iranians, the Shi'as and seculars, see everyone around them as savages, everyone still invokes Darius the Great and their old claim to fame.

Old PH2

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@LCpl X It's like you're sitting in my living room with all my wife's aunts and uncles.

leadpersuasion

Nice to see you and the site are getting well deserved attention. I hope it continues and the growth of correct information permeates out into our society. Great job, Brandon!

Brent Okuley

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Nice job Brandon. Good plug for SOFREP too. "My guess is we're going to be viewed a lot like the Soviets were" Re: our presence in AFG... That's a pretty serious sound byte there. And it's the first I've heard it voiced. But once you said it I found myself surprisingly in agreement...

LCpl X

Also, I'm not really a stickler for military/civilian attire. But one of my pet peeves with the Navy were sailors port getting off ship in skinny jeans or really fucking retarded fashion expressions, you're a symbol, you gotta dress the part.

When this whole book tour kicks off, wear a tie and shave, man. Two little things.

BrandonWebb moderator

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@LCpl X ..Don't get me wrong. You add value to this site and I appreciate your participation. However, I woke up this morning smiling to myself and thinking that taking fashion and image advice from you would be similar to asking the homeless guy down the street how to manage my 401k.

LCpl X

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@BrandonWebb

You're correct that I take my fashion cues from Marine regulations, but when have I ever posted anything I couldn't back?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15673359

Marine regs is like shirts and jeans, you can never go wrong, it's timeless. Why do you think you've never seen a former Marine on CNN or Fox with a beard and crazy ass look? You, sir, are taking a big fashion risk.

That beard tells me indecision, either shave it clean or grow it out, but you don't have the older, wiser look yet, so I suggest shaving it.

But definitely no 5 o'clock shadows, do or do not have a beard, there's no in between. I'm sure Laura would agree. Shit text SE Cupp and ask her.

Old PH2

@SEAN SPOONTS @Old @LCpl While I remember guys having beards it was mainly the Black guys that could pull the "no shave Chits." This was post Zumwalt.

Old PH2

@SEAN SPOONTS @Old @LCpl My favorite has always been the Rooster in a noose below your knee. Saw one guy in the shower with "EXIT ONLY" over his Ass. Another old timer had a dotted line around his neck with "CUT Here" just under his Adam's apple.

LCpl X

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@SEAN SPOONTS

Yeah, full beards, but no 5 o'clock shadows, either clean shaven or full beard.

Only dolphin tats on ankles I've seen were strippers' out of Waikiki. But I have seen old school, I mean old school, pig/rooster tats on a WWII sailors' feet.

SEAN SPOONTS

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@Old PH2 @LCpl X My recollection was that the bubbleheads all grew beards. Ever see dolphin tats on the top of a guy's feet? That's a real old one.

Old PH2

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@LCpl X At least he's not sporting the typical Steven Segal asshat ponytail. Plus I appreciate the lack of large GOLD Bling. No Dr. Dre or Snoop Dog.

The Navy has historically been a little more understanding of certain peculiarities within the uniform Regs. Anchor ears, FTN tattoos on the Heel of your hand, Liberty cuffs, the list can go on and on.

Old PH2

@LCpl X @BrandonWebb Oh, Hell yes! I can see Brandon sporting a Mohawk or a really nice Fade with a NIke Swoop on each side!!

LCpl X

@BrandonWebb

OR better yet let all of us at SOFREP vote. It'll be an experiment.

Old PH2

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@BrandonWebb Dude don't bust on the Mean Green just 'cause of his funny hair cut.

This brother is solid, maybe a wing man? Hey @LCpl X do you know " You've Lost that Lovin Feelin?"

BrandonWebb moderator

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@LCpl X Oxford, no shave, maybe tie....not selling out for the book tour! haha

LCpl X

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@BrandonWebb

Hahaha... If no shave, then it's gotta be no tie, a 5 o'clock shadow is kinda in between, for a tie to work you gotta have the XX's "Most Interesting Man in the World" beard.

BrandonWebb moderator

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@LCpl X Nice!

Ian DCosta

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Will Cain kinda reminded me of Batman for some reason. And SE Cupp is freaking hot! A ballerina? Jeez... my mind is going nuts imagining the possibilities!

SEAN SPOONTS

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@Ian DCosta Ever see a ballerinas feet? You think your not into feet until you see a pair that look like they've been dancing on rusty opened tuna cans for ten years.

LCpl X

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@Ian DCosta

Already got dibs, man.

Ian DCosta

@LCpl X Damn. I'll have to wait around, either till you're done with her (face it, any man with half a brain would go for her, regardless of her... condition), or till they come out with a new conservative hottie.

Old PH2

@LCpl X @Ian DCosta Anyone remember the "Back Door Lounge" in VA Beach? Dated one of the Dancers there, can't say Mom ever met her!

Ian DCosta

@LCpl X Well then, the day she finds faith, if that day does come, she's mine hahaha!

LCpl X

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@Ian DCosta

I don't want any other conservative hottie, I only want an atheist conservative, and there's only one. It's like dating a stripper you could take home to mom.

Connor31

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Good interview, was anyone else annoyed that he said "Special Forces sniper" instead of Special Operations the smallest details always bug me :(.

OPR

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@ConnorT The BBC did that to DEVGRU when they rescued those hostages from Somalia, and they made it worse by capitalizing the words Special Forces.

Blake Miles

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Good interview, Brandon. S.E. had a good question... I would have to imagine everyone that knew him had to immediately say "d00d wtf?!" ... I know I would have. He put everyone's ass in a larger cross-hair than they already were. Hell of a way to lose rapport... :(

LCpl X

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@bmiles84

I'm assuming there was history with that household, maybe some of his soldiers died there, etc. It sounded surgical, he left, targeted a compound and went back. Running amock would be like Columbine, complete blood lust.

Good interview and I hope SE Cupp will be a frequent guest here now. Seal the deal, man.

BrandonWebb moderator

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@bmiles84 Well said. WTF is right...Thanks for the kind words. -BW

LCpl X

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"I also had no idea they started rolling the live feed while I was on the cell phone!"

Nice, you look like a drug dealer about to personally gun down a couple of Mexican guys for being late.

I can tell S.E. Cupp looked intimidated when you spoke.

BrandonWebb moderator

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@LCpl X Dude I was so pissed. I showed up 45 minutes early to prep and this DB was late and unprepared...

Old PH2

@BrandonWebb @LCpl X I've seen that expression on a few Chiefs over the years. Did the support crew survive with all their posteriors intact?

BrandonWebb moderator

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@LCpl X and agreed that S.E. is extremely good looking and charismatic...

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