Sean Spoonts

About the author

Sean Spoonts is a former Navy Anti-submarine Warfare Operator and Search and Rescue Aircrewman in SH-2f LAMPS II Sea Sprite. Graduate of Naval Aircrewman Candidate School Pensacola, AW "A" School NATTC Millington, HS-1 SAR School NAS Jacksonville, FASOTRAGRUDET SERE NAS Brunswick. Duty with HSL-30, NAS Norfolk and HSL-36, NAF Mayport.

Meets the Authors, Brandon Webb, John David Mann and Brad Thor Here on June 14th

SOFREP Virtual Book Conference with Brad Thor, Brandon Webb & John D. Mann About this event on June 14th at 7:00 pm Eastern Standard Time Join New York Times Bestselling Authors Brad Thor, Brandon Webb, and John David Mann for a special limited RSVP event. Author panel moderated by SOFREP Editor in Chief, Sean Spoonts […]

Here Are Three Unusual Facts About the Battle of Midway You Should Know

Today we remember the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Midway on June 4-6, 1942.  In just a couple of days, this battle changed the course of the war in the Pacific.  The loss of 4 of Japan’s 6 fast fleet carriers crippled the empire’s offensive strike capability as well as their ability to provide […]

The Mental Health Crisis That Drives School Shootings is Being Ignored

Words Fail Words fail us sometimes in trying to make sense of tragedies like the recent shooting at an elementary school in Texas by a mentally deranged gunman just 18 years old. The victims include 19 children and 2 adults and some 14 others wounded including his own grandmother whom he shot in the face. […]

‘More than just a job,’ Female Instructors at Pre-BUDs Training

Basic Training Command at the Naval Special Warfare Center is also known as “Pre-BUDs” and screens applicants for suitability for further training as Navy SEALs and for the Special Warfare Combatant Crewman(SWCC) programs. It now has female instructors as part of the cadre.