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Brandon Webb
American
Soldier
Born:
Jun 12
,
1974
Been
Business
Life
People
Time
You
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Training programs shouldn't be designed to deliver competence; they must be dedicated to producing excellence. Serious organizations don't aspire to be comfortably above average.
Brandon Webb
Training
Programs
Must
Above
Excellence
Deliver
Comfortably
Average
Producing
Organizations
Aspire
Dedicated
Serious
Designed
Competence
Being a Navy SEAL and sniper taught me all about risk management. Take away all the risk variables under your control and reduce it to an acceptable level. The same fundamentals apply in business.
Brandon Webb
Me
Business
Management
Control
About
Variables
Risk
Risk Management
Take
Acceptable
Reduce
Same
Taught
Being
Your
Seal
Navy
Away
Level
Fundamentals
Apply
It's a huge edge, sometime life-saving, to adopt a good idea early and put it into practice.
Brandon Webb
Good
Edge
Practice
Adopt
Sometime
Life-Saving
Put
Idea
Huge
Early
Good Idea
The 'Patriot Act,' 'Enhancing domestic security,' and 'Protect America' all sound great - until you realize that they're catch phrases for programs that contain roving wire taps without a warrant and the collection and sale of your personal information to the U.S. government.
Brandon Webb
Government
Great
You
Programs
Collection
Security
Phrases
Wire
Catch
Contain
Until
Protect
Without
Sound
Sale
Domestic
America
Personal
Personal Information
Patriot
Patriot Act
Information
Realize
Act
Your
Warrant
Enhancing
Three days doesn't sound like a very long time, and under normal, everyday circumstances, it's not - but under POW camp conditions, it doesn't take long to wear down a man's sanity.
Brandon Webb
Time
Man
Three
Long
Long Time
Down
Everyday
Circumstances
Wear
Take
POW
Days
Like
Sound
Normal
Camp
Conditions
Very
Very Long Time
Sanity
Like it or not, Jesse Ventura is a Navy SEAL. He did the pushups and put up with the cold water, just like the rest of us.
Brandon Webb
Water
Rest
Cold
He
Put
Like
Up
Did
Just
Us
Seal
Navy
Mainstream news covers war and gets everything wrong. I'd rather learn what's happening from soldiers with combat experience. It's like a former NFL player giving play-by-play. We bring the expert commentary.
Brandon Webb
War
News
Experience
Giving
Everything
Soldiers
Rather
Wrong
Mainstream
Combat
Like
Learn
Covers
Commentary
Gets
Happening
Expert
Former
Player
Bring
Law in Ukraine is not black and white; it is shades of gray.
Brandon Webb
Law
Black
Black And White
White
Ukraine
Shades
Gray
As a Navy SEAL, and sniper, one of the things I learned was that excellence matters.
Brandon Webb
Matters
One Of The Things
Excellence
Learned
Seal
Navy
Things
The Special Ops community has always been about mental toughness.
Brandon Webb
Community
About
Mental
Mental Toughness
Toughness
Always
Been
Special
The guys who don't make it through SEAL training are the Rambo wannabes. If you cannot work in a team format but also function autonomously, you won't last for very long.
Brandon Webb
Work
You
Training
Long
Guys
Through
Also
Make
Very
Format
Cannot
Seal
Team
Who
Function
Last
I think Afghanistan has turned into the Vietnam of my generation, only with a better homecoming.
Brandon Webb
Generation
Better
Think
My Generation
Only
Afghanistan
Turned
Vietnam
Homecoming
With rare exceptions, Hollywood typically casts Spec Ops guys as macho, swaggering strongmen. As usual, Hollywood's got it wrong.
Brandon Webb
Rare
Macho
Guys
Casts
Exceptions
Wrong
Got
Hollywood
Usual
Time bandits come at all hours, wanting conversations, wasting conversations, wanting meetings, wasting meetings, and all with no purpose.
Brandon Webb
Time
Meetings
Purpose
Come
Hours
Wanting
Conversations
Wasting
Going through SEAL training taught me that it's OK to fall down three times, as long as you get up four. This is a good philosophy for most things in life.
Brandon Webb
Life
Good
Me
You
Training
Three
Long
Fall
Down
Philosophy
OK
Through
Most
Up
Times
Get
Going
Taught
Seal
Things
Four
The collapse of the Soviet Union could not have been a source of national pride for many in Russia. The one person who has capitalized on this the most has been Vladimir Putin.
Brandon Webb
Pride
National
Collapse
Has-Been
Russia
Could
Putin
Most
Been
Source
Person
Soviet
Soviet Union
Union
Who
Many
Special-purpose dogs have been a critical component for police and military work in the current war on terror. These dogs are some of the bravest animals on the planet.
Brandon Webb
Work
War
Police
Animals
Military
Critical
Component
Some
Terror
Dogs
Been
Current
Bravest
Planet
What is SOCOM's mission statement in two sentences? Most people I know in SOF cannot recite it. If it's not clear from the bottom up, then it's a problem.
Brandon Webb
People
Problem
Recite
Statement
Bottom
Clear
Mission
Know
Most
Up
Cannot
Sentences
Then
Two
Unconventional warfare needs to remain the heart and soul of U.S. Special Operations Command and component commands.
Brandon Webb
Needs
Soul
Heart
Component
Remain
Unconventional
Operations
Command
Commands
Heart And Soul
Warfare
Special
Small unit autonomy, breaking the right rules, cultural influence, and relationship building has always been the heart Special Operations. Something must be done to ensure these are not lost to the big machine of SOCOM.
Brandon Webb
Relationship
Heart
Big
Building
Lost
Machine
Rules
Ensure
Must
Something
Small
Operations
Always
Been
Cultural
Done
Influence
Autonomy
Breaking
Special
Unit
Right
The consequences of leaking sensitive information is that Americans and coalition forces die, and we lose trust with foreign spies, and our national security is put at risk.
Brandon Webb
Trust
Lose
National
Consequences
Our
Security
Spies
Risk
Put
Leaking
Forces
Foreign
American
National Security
Die
Information
Sensitive
Coalition
Coalition Forces
Benghazi is important because it demonstrates all that is wrong in Washington.
Brandon Webb
Important
Benghazi
Wrong
Because
Washington
My big problem with Hillary and the Department of State where Benghazi is concerned is there is just no accountability.
Brandon Webb
Problem
Big
Accountability
State
Benghazi
Hillary
Concerned
Department
Big Problem
Just
Where
Veteran causes are an extremely important issue, especially the transition from military to civilian life.
Brandon Webb
Life
Veteran
Important
Military
Extremely
Civilian
Important Issue
Issue
Causes
Transition
Chris Kyle was a human being, a Texan, Navy SEAL, father, husband, brother, friends to many, and a hero to many; this, at a time when we need all the heroes we can get. I knew him to be a good person, regardless of all the hype floating around in the media.
Brandon Webb
Time
Good
Human Being
Father
Hero
Heroes
Good Person
Husband
Hype
Brother
Knew
Him
Around
Texan
Friends
Person
Get
Human
Being
Regardless
Seal
Many
Navy
Floating
Media
Chris
Need
The rules of engagement when I was in Afghanistan were very flexible. When you're at war, you're at war.
Brandon Webb
War
You
Rules
Were
Very
Afghanistan
Engagement
Flexible
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