Brandon Webb

About the author

Brandon Webb, a former Navy SEAL sniper and Naval Special Warfare Sniper Course Manager, is renowned for training some of America's legendary snipers. He is a multiple New York Times Bestselling Author, Entrepreneur, and Speaker. Webb is the Editor-in-Chief of the SOFREP news team, a collective of military journalists.

Op-Ed: Breaking down the Trump-McRaven catfight

I’ve been watching the recent comments flying back and forth between President Trump and Admiral McRaven — as well as heckling from the media cheap seats — over remarks that McRaven made about Trump being the biggest threat to democracy in his lifetime. The President then fired back about McRaven not finding Bin Laden sooner, […]

Op-Ed: Vets elected to office have historic opportunities

With the end of the midterm elections, the 116th Congress will have 92 veterans serving in the House and Senate. About half of these served in the military after the 9/11 attacks. While the total percentage of vets in office is nowhere as high as it was in the 1970s — when it was 75% […]

Op-Ed: Some jokes aren’t jokes at all

On a recent skit on Saturday Night Live, comedian Pete Davidson mocked the physical appearance of former Navy SEAL, Lieutenant Commander Dan Crenshaw, saying he looked like a hit man in a porno movie. Dan himself was all class about it. In a self-shot video that appeared on TMZ, he said he was against demands for […]

How to prepare for the coming global recession and make money when it hits

In 2009 I walked away from my first business, it was a total loss. Literally and figuratively. I lost everything, and it was a very humbling experience.  I’m not an economist but I have been a business owner for 12 years, and prior losses have taught me to pay attention to the signs. Executives and […]

My Europe EDC loadout

The guys and I that pick the gear for the Crate Club live it everyday. My Europe EDC loadout: SureFire P2X Panerai Central black left handed Luminor Marina Power Cube The Oakley Factory Pilot (best travel pack I’ve had to date) with Crye Percision custom Crate Club bullet proof insert. – Brandon Webb, CEO Check out the Crate Club to get […]

When the power goes out, and it all goes to Hell, It’s Gen X to the rescue

It dawned on me during the Harvey disaster, while having a beer on my friend’s farm in Portland Oregon, that if something really bad, I mean devastating, happened to the U.S., call it natural disaster, an act of terror, or worse yet N. Korea launches a nuke onto American soil, most Millenials along with Gen […]

Brandon Webb’s Afghan RECON LOADOUT

Brandon is top row second from the left next to Navy SEAL Astronaut Chris Cassidy and Navy SEAL Heath Robinson below.   London Bridge Rhodesian Chest Rig. The linked version is slightly different from my original. Eight 30 round magazines of 5.56 match (wish I had the Surefire high cap mags) Magnetic Compass Blood Chit Area Map […]

Oakley Standard Issue Prizm Maritime Review

Disclaimer: Huge Oakley fan so I’m biased towards these awesome lenses.  I first discovered Oakley Stand Issue’s (SI) Prizm technology back at the 2015 SHOT show in Vegas. I’ve had a chance to use Oakley’s glasses on the range and was instantly impressed with how much of an advantage they create in clarity over other […]

Days of Guns: A Navy SEAL’s CZ-550 Sniper Rifle

The CZ (Ceska zbrojovka “Czech Armory”) 550 is a solid rifle I’ll give it that for sure.  It is what I’d describe as a middle of the road “utility” gun.  In the SEAL Teams a “utility” weapon was one that you could use for multiple purposes (close quarter battle or sniper ops).  Mine came chambered […]

Woman’s Defense Weekly: Best self defense tool

Inspired by all the creepy shits out there that try to intimidate people of all shapes and sizes, including a lot of my female friends.. So I get asked self defense tips all the time by woman friends of mine.  While a firearm has its place in the home, it has serious lifestyle restrictions, especially […]

War Stories: 1970s go to war or go to jail

This story comes to us as an excerpt out of a book Chris Carter is working on. Great flashback, and thanks for sharing Chris. -Brandon I was one of the people who joined the military right after high school. This was considered pretty crazy in 1979. The Vietnam war had just ended in 1975. It […]

What mainstream media isn’t getting right about veterans and PTSD

“Can you talk to me about the active duty people who get diagnosed with PTSD and are automatically medically retired,” one associate producer at a major news network asked me during a pre TV interview last week. PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) is one of the most misunderstood subjects that the mainstream media reports on. […]