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.

Sunday Humor: Manly Hair Style

Well, everyone needs a little help with staying up on their fashion these days and we’re here to help.  Below you’ll find an example of a good military cut, and the girls love it, trust me. Brandon

Womans Self Defense Weekly: The Importance of Mental Rehearsal

The time to rehearse for a self defense emergency is not when an event is happening for real. That’s why in the SEAL Teams we constantly train and rehearse for worst case scenarios. This week I want to talk about the importance of mental visualization as I discussed in “Flow”.  A lot of times just […]

Stuff Navy SEALs Say #4

Well, it’s that time of the month again.  While most military units will share in most of these sayings, these do come straight from TEAM guys’ mouths. A SEAL trainee sticking out amongst the group (in a bad way). “Hey you! Why are you sticking out like a set of dogs balls?!” Altnernate: “He’s sticking […]

The Psychology of War and Urinating on Dead Bodies

I’m doing an extensive interview with Newsmax regarding this topic later this month with John Bachman. In the meantime I wanted to comment on the recent NY Times article about US Officials, none of whom have served in direct combat action, I suspect, who are condemning photos of US Warfighters posing with dead body parts. […]

Book Review: Spec Ops by Admiral McRaven Commander US SOCOM

I just finished reading William McRaven’s Spec Ops, Case Studies in Special Operations Warfare: Theory and Practice.  I thought McRaven ,now an Admiral (SEAL) and in charge of US SOCOM (he was formerly in charge of JSOC), did a great job with this book. I will admit to struggling through some tough areas that were […]

Navy Approves New Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewmen Recruiting Signage

SWCC’s New Community Recruiting Sign We heard that SBT-22 Led the effort to bring things back to basics and fire up young candidates with their new slogan: Fast Girls! Fast Boats! You had SOFREP’s editorial team at Fast Girls. We definitely support this type of female integration into the SWCC community. “Hat Tip” Gents…. Brandon […]

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 […]

Is The Next Osama Bin Laden Is Being Trained on U.S. Soil?

Al”CIA”EDA When UBL struck out on his own for Afghanistan, and his own Fatwa فتاوى‎ , he left behind great wealth and a life of leisure in Saudi Arabia.  He swapped a life of luxury for one of hardship and became a legend for it.  If that wasn’t enough, the future leader of AQ could […]

What Really Goes On In The Contracting Industry

This came in last night from an anonymous source and we thought you might enjoy a little humor on Easter from SOFREP! Regarding the Acronyms: Some things are left better unsaid and we’re not calling them out.  

Navy SEAL/UDT Frogmen Rise From The Deep

You’ve got to love this old footage. Made in 1957, this amazing U.S. Navy film showcases the pre-cursors to the SEALs and the UDTs (or Underwater Demolition Teams). Underwater Demolition Teams (UDT) conducted beach reconnaissance, cable and net cutting, explosive destruction of underwater obstacles for amphibious landings, limpet mine attacks, submarine operations, and the locating […]