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 In The Media: A Monster WARCOM Created & Can’t Control

The following views and opinions are mine alone. I’ve written about Navy SEALs in the media before as have others in the community. As an author, I’ve felt the backlash by some in the community personally. However, friends in the community with whom I served remain friends regardless of some ungrounded character assassination attempts I’ve […]

K9 Warriors: Meet “Nero”

Name: Nero -Latin and Italian origins. “Wise Warrior”. Age: 3 years old Weight: 70lbs About: Royal Dutch KNPV trained dog that is very clear headed and calm, but all business when he needs to be. This dog has a presence. You can look forward to our new monthly K9 Warriors feature brought to us by my good […]

A Navy SEAL’s Review of “Captain Phillips” The Movie & Some Left Out Secrets

In April 2009 four Somali pirates took down a US flagged vessel, the Maersk Alabama. The take-down got messy, and resulted in the ship’s captain taken hostage aboard one of the Maersk’s life boats. On April 12th, the hostage situation ended when SEAL snipers (from DEVGRU) flawlessly executed three pirates with simultaneous shots in the […]

Mainstream Media News Is Failing America, Not SEAL Team 6

Today’s mainstream news media is less good journalism and more about “news entertainment.” Put up a sensational headline and then don’t back it up with any meaningful content. Then there’s the self-proclaimed experts of the world like CNN’s Bergen. He throws out a lot of fancy jargon, and colors about Special Ops but really doesn’t […]

The Morality of Killing

mor·alˈmôrəl,ˈmär-/adjective — “concerned with the principles of right and wrong behavior and the goodness or badness of human character” Killing has been in style since man made his first weapon.  How come some methods of killing are viewed as unjust, and have always been out of fashion. We’ve read a lot about chemical weapons in […]

War Stories: 1970s Army or 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 […]

ST. Martin’s Press Announces Publishing Partnership with SOFREP.com

ST. MARTIN’S PRESS PARTNERS WITH MILITARY WEBSITE FOR E-BOOK PROGRAM SMP editor Marc Resnick has negotiated a deal with SOFREP.COM (Special Operations Forces Report) to publish hard-hitting, news-breaking original e-books from the world of Special Operations. With millions of visitors monthly, SOFREP is the largest Spec Ops site on the internet devoted to authentic, accurate, […]

Will The US Govt. Do Right by Loyal Afghan Interpreter & His Family?

One of the most often repeated phrases in our military culture is “Leave No Fallen Comrade Behind.”  Many service members relied so heavily on their Afghan and Iraqi translators that some were considered members of the unit.  It goes without saying that, when troops are in the combat zone, their lives are in constant danger.  […]