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.

Things go boom in the night! Close Air Support (CAS)

Here’s another look at some night CAS brought to you by SOFREP and our SOF contacts downrange and in the shit.  Aim high? I don’t think so; Aim Low, and get some…. 1:04 min in for the big bang. Brandon This clip previously published by SOFREP 02.16.2012

Navy SEAL Qualification Training | Weapons & Tactics

This is a great video produced by Naval Special Warfare that gives you a peek at the 3-month SQT course that BUD/S students go through upon graduation.  SQT is where candidates earn their SEAL Trident, once they’re done they go to a team and hope to keep their Budweiser intact. I talk a little about […]

Secret spy bars of Kiev (part 1 of 2)

“None of the locals go here. The view is nice, but it’s too expensive,” said my friend from Kiev. Drink prices were triple, make that quadruple, what they were compared to my late afternoon beer near the city centre. I slid the door open and stepped out into the harsh, cold night air; it was below […]

Former Navy SEAL Sniper Instructor reviews the Barrett MRAD Rifle

My first impression of the Barrett MRAD (Multi-Role Adaptive Design) straight out of the box was that Barrett had designed a beautiful rifle.  The rifle I received for my evaluation was a bolt-action chambered for .338 Lapua Magnum. The concept behind Barrett’s MRAD system, is that it provides the shooter with an adaptable modular shooting […]

The likely assassination of Yasser Arafat

Arafat has long been a pain in the ass for most western countries with close ties to Israel. A self-proclaimed freedom fighter, he made no secret about using terrorist tactics to accomplish his agenda.  His celebrity-like charisma polarized the Palestinian population, forced the U.S. to acknowledge him, and ultimately made him a dead man walking […]

War Stories: Navy SEAL learns about telling the truth

From former Navy SEAL Brandon Webb’s memoir, a New York Times Best Seller, The Red Circle. I was just finishing my platoon training at SEAL Team 3 and was trying to keep a secret…it didn’t work out very well for me. Enjoy… Probably the most memorable “training” I received during the entire eighteen months of […]

Trump’s 100 Day Shock and Awe campaign exactly what Washington needs

As leftist media outlets continue to circle the wagons and engage in some of the worst reporting I’ve seen in decades. Trump’s shock and awe campaign is in full swing and exactly what his voters wanted, and what Washington deserves. The first 100 days of the Trump Presidency continues to be covered from a news […]

Dogs of the Navy SEALs

Submitted by Anonymous, working with dogs in US Navy SEAL Teams. When U.S. President Barack Obama went to Fort Campbell, Kentucky earlier for a highly publicized, but very private meeting with the commando team that killed Osama bin Laden, only one of the 81 members of the super-secret SEAL DevGru unit was identified by name: […]

SHOT show explained, and what SOFREP and our other brands cover there

For the uninitiated, SHOT is a massive outdoor, hunting, and firearms show. To put it in scale, it’s so huge that it makes Comic-Con look like an old lady’s yard sale. Yes, it’s that big. Even bigger than CES, I’d guess. Every major brand in these categories are represented: Glock, H&K, Bass Pro, SOG knives and […]

The artform of women at war

We’ve done several pieces on women in Special Ops and it’s obviously still a hotbed for debate.  I like that the SOFREP community can hold a healthy debate and look at things objectively (for the most part). In the past we’ve seen military capabilities come and go and get re-invented quite a few times (e.g. […]

Active Shooter panic. Navy SEAL at JFK, and lessons learned on personal travel safety.

This article previously published on SOFREP 08.15.2016 “Shots fired, active shooter! Everyone run for safety, run!” The officers called out last night as I deplaned Lufthansa flight 0404 from Frankfurt, Germany. I was waiting for my luggage, having just cleared customs and thought to myself, “WTF did I just step into?” I took cover behind a concrete pillar […]