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.

Navy SEALs and pirate hunting

Unknown to the pirates, the SEAL Snipers Infra Red (IR) lasers were trained on the three Somali pirates who would within seconds take their last breath in this life.  The three shots fired by the snipers broke in simultaneous harmony; You could faintly hear the quiet muffled sounds of the reports from the suppressed SR-25 […]

Days of Guns: A Navy SEAL’s Glock 34

Well, I’m still waiting to pick up my Glock 19 (my TS clearance was easier than buying a gun in CA) so had to shoot my friend Mark’s Glock 34. This is a beautiful gun.  I thought you guys would appreciate a little range time action – Brandon Featured image courtesy of www.flickr.com     […]

No sh*t, there I was: Navy SEAL FNG

Wayne is a good friend of mine, and has a very accomplished track record in the SEAL community and now as an Executive in the Defense industry.  We were both talking and swapping sea stories when Wayne said, “we should do a weekly series where guys can share there experiences with the SOFREP community.” So […]

Oakley, more than meets the eye

There have been a lot of large companies and big brands in all industries that come and go. Out of that stack, there are few that can manage to hold on to their DNA and soul into the tens and hundreds of millions+ of revenue. Oakley is clearly in this category, along with Apple, and […]

The Navy’s deadly Mk6 Attack Dolphin Program

In the Fleet’s Operational Marine Mammal Systems (MMS), the Navy uses dolphins and sea lions to find and mark the location of underwater objects. Dolphins are essential because their exceptional biological sonar is unmatched by hardware sonars in detecting objects in the water column and on the seafloor. Sea lions are used because they have […]

IMINT: SDV Submarine Insertion Ops

SDV stands for SEAL Delivery Vehicle.  This is a great example of an open ocean insert onboard a US submarine.  There are a lot of great things that make this picture stand out.  Let’s take a look. First, credit to the H-60 helo crew for getting into a low hover that made for an easy […]

The benefits of yoga and shooting

I started doing yoga a year ago because I needed the strength and flexibility training. Yoga is also great for mental strength conditioning, among many other benefits. The best kept secret is that it helps your shooting.  Core strength, balance, breathing control and self discipline among other things. So just remember that Yoga helps your […]

TF 160th: JSOC’s & the best pilots in the world

Who’s flying the best SOF units into harm’s way? JSOCs TF 160th, that’s who. Helicopter pilots in general are often the black sheep of the military aviation community.  I saw this first hand as an H-60 Search & Rescue Swimmer Crew Chief (AW) before I went into the SEALs.  A lot of jet jocks would […]

How POWs taught us a lesson in ‘Flow.’

When I was with the cadre at the SEAL sniper school, we often went outside of the military for ways to enhance our instruction.  One lesson we did not have to go far to find, and one learned by former Prisoners of War (POWs) is the power of flow with regards to visualization. Many POWs […]

UDT/SEAL history in brief

In the media of late, SEALs have been lumped in with a great many other SOF units seeming to be just another elite form of a conventional unit. However, due to their many unique assets, frogmen have an illustrious history with many noteworthy accomplishments outside of the predominantly land warfare mission of the last 15 […]

Former Navy SEAL Reveals 10 Steps to Survive a Mass Shooting

If you love your family and friends then you need to share this with them, it could save their lives. My kids are visiting me in New York for the summer, they spend most their time with their mom on the west coast. On our first day in the city I briefed them on what to […]