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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
I am proud to be a SEAL and serve in the military.
Brandon Webb
Military
Proud
Am
Seal
Serve
A lesson learned, both in the SEAL teams and as an entrepreneur, is that failure is sometimes a critical component of success.
Brandon Webb
Success
Failure
Sometimes
Entrepreneur
Lesson
Critical
Component
Both
Learned
Seal
Teams
Ever since wars have been fought, guys have been writing their stories.
Brandon Webb
Writing
Guys
Since
Been
Stories
Wars
Fought
Ever
It's important for Americans to know what the guys fighting the wars have been experiencing, not just from the perspective of a talking-head politician or a four-star general.
Brandon Webb
Perspective
Important
Politician
Fighting
General
Guys
Know
Been
American
Just
Experiencing
Wars
I am not a tall man.
Brandon Webb
Man
Tall
Am
Deterrence is still fundamentally about influencing an actor's decisions. It is about a solid policy foundation. It is about credible capabilities. It is about what the U.S. and our allies as a whole can bring to bear in both a military and a nonmilitary sense.
C. Robert Kehler
Sense
Military
Our
Solid
About
Bear
Deterrence
Both
Allies
Policy
Still
Influencing
Decisions
Capabilities
Whole
Actor
Foundation
Credible
Fundamentally
Bring
Nuclear weapons continue to occupy a unique place in global security affairs. No other weapons, in my opinion, anyway, match their potential for prompt and long-term damage and their strategic impact.
C. Robert Kehler
Other
Security
Weapons
Prompt
Impact
Potential
Long-Term
Global
Match
Opinion
Occupy
Affairs
Continue
In My Opinion
Anyway
Place
Strategic
Unique
Nuclear
Nuclear Weapons
Damage
As many of the riders before me had been held up and robbed of their packages, mail and money that they carried, for that was the only means of getting mail and money between these points.
Calamity Jane
Me
Money
Before
Carried
Only
Mail
Points
Had
Between
Robbed
Been
Up
Getting
Packages
Held
Means
Many
Riders
By the time we reached Virginia City I was considered a remarkable good shot and a fearless rider for a girl of my age.
Calamity Jane
Time
Good
Age
Girl
Virginia
Considered
City
Fearless
Remarkable
Reached
Shot
Rider
By The Time
I left Montana in Spring of 1866, for Utah, arriving at Salt Lake city during the summer.
Calamity Jane
Spring
Salt
Montana
Summer
City
Arriving
Left
Salt Lake City
Lake
Utah
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