Will this guy ever stop squeezing the life out of the name? Fucks sake. He doesn't even do any journalism for SOFREP anymore. Literally hocking products full time and tweeting pictures of his watches, vacations, and man caves. He's like the Kardashian of Spec Ops.
If anyone gives a fuck - http://www.mensjournal.com/travel/articles/a-navy-seals-guide-to-cuba-w476646
Posted Apr 25, 2017, 7:47 PM UTC
As a former Navy SEAL sniper turned media CEO who’s worked with a variety of three-letter intelligence agencies, I have friends who could make Jason Bourne shit his pants.
For fuck's sake.
That's the worst sentence I've ever read.
I respect the fact he made it through bud/s and I'm just a wannabe, but man is he a faggot.
Future Brandon Webb articles:
"Navy SEAL's Guide To Ordering a Pizza"
"Navy SEAL's Guide To Brushing Your Teeth"
"Navy SEAL's Guide To Taking a Shit"
"Navy SEAL's guide to taking a shit: Spec War Style!
Don't quit/be a pussy/ring the bell
Find toilet
Get your tacticool gear on
Discharge Brandon Webb from asshole with extreme prejudice
I was in Cuba last month and I assure you it does not take a SOF background to navigate the country. Havana is a fun town. That article came off as pretentious. Cool bro, you were able stay at a $400/night hotel.
I like a lot of Jack Murphy's research. It's a shame Webb's writing doesn't show the same humility.
I concur. I just got back from Havana a couple of days ago and it takes a bit of adventure and some common sense...but it's a blast.
I mean, he isn't alone. The maker of the Perfect Pushup pretty much backed up his product by his title of "Former Navy SEAL" (I own 2 of his products by the way and I very much like them).
The only time I think it's really shitty is when it's something like what Rob O'Neill is doing. Whether it was actually him who killed UBL or not is beside the point. I just think it's shitty how he's cashing in on it while his teammates that were there with him are just left by the wayside. It just seems like a huge disrespect to your team that was there with you, but maybe he is sharing profits with them, who knows.
Somebody at the Miami Herald called him out: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/news-columns-blogs/fabiola-santiago/article145328494.html
SOFREP returns fire: https://sofrep.com/79970/columnist-fabiola-santiagos-cheap-shot-navy-seal-friend-response/
I eat popcorn :D
The gayest beef ever
The email back was so fucking whiney. Like... oh you called out Webb so now we're going to write an angry email saying you're wrong.
The ONLY reason Men's Journal even cared to interview Webb was because he whores himself out as a SEAL and tries to claim he's someone he isn't. Dude is a scumbag.
Is there a "Navy SEAL's guide to picking up chicks too?" asking for a friend.
Have confidence and just act like a human and talk to women.
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I didn't read the article, but give the guy a break. He's not that bad of a guy. Everybody gives him so much shit but he made it through BUD/S and did his time just like any other SEAL. There's a lot of former SEALs who are worse. Posting stuff like this has no contribution to r/navyseals.
On a side note, I listen to SOFREP radio every week and love it. He and Jack Murphy created something awesome of the SOF community. If you don't know what it is, go check it out.
He's not that bad of a guy
You must be new here
No I've been here for a while
I was making a light-hearted joke.
On the other hand... I am a wannabe; no ifs, ands, or buts about it. Webb has a bird, I don't. However, that doesn't mean he is free from criticism, nor does that mean he should go around throwing "SEAL" in headlines just for that sweet, sweet ad revenue from clicks.
Is he free to do so? Of course. But that doesn't mean he won't have an awful reputation in the eyes of a lot of TGs and other people. This dude is the definition of a shitbag. Pumping out products and articles with his "SEAL" of approval (no pun intended) for the sole reason to boost his own ego.
Absolutely not. He is a shitcunt. Sofrep radio is OK when Ritland or Drago are on (banter) but ian scotto is insufferable. SOFREP occasionally posts some decent articles but usually it's a live session with Webb or that fat british fuck jerking themselves off for their viewers. Webb is a fucking faceman. He always says shit like "AS TOLD BY A NAVY SEAL SNIPER" and is shameless with clickbaity bullshit, i.e., "Why Steph Curry Would Make a Great Navy SEAL Sniper". He sells himself as the guy who taught Chris Kyle, Matt Axelson, the Luttrell brothers, etc. how to be snipers and that he was the one who designed the new SEAL Sniper course. Lied about his combat record too. Was in Afghanistan but got out of the teams after 1 tour there and then proceeded to sell the living fuck out of the Trident while other guys were going back, reenlisting, screening for DN, getting out and not writing bullshit books/creating shit media and abusing the prestige of the term "Navy SEAL." And he was moved to Team 3 echo platoon in 2000-01 and I don't know shit so pls correct me if i'm wrong (and i will go fuck myself) but there are multiple sources that say that platoon was the fuckin bad news bears and that they'd rotated a bunch of shitbags (not all, of course. Young Heath Robinson and others were in that platoon i believe) into it. Webb spun that in his book series so as to leave gullible readers with the impression that that platoon was falling apart and in response the brass moved over a wise, sound, and well respected Brandon Webb to take over and get them squared away. Yeah. Fuckin. Right. Fuck him. Good for him that he completed bud/s. Good for him that he deployed to a combat zone. Beyond that, 0 respect for him. He is a fat con artist with a faggy voice who sells out the names of greater men who are no longer with us. Fuck him in the ear.
I'm not disrespecting his service. In fact, I think his BUD/S story is one of the more motivating.
With that said, this article is pure fucking click bait exploiting the SEAL name.
I listen to the podcast once in a while and I really dig the Sofrep website as a journalist outlet. They've broken big stories and have one of the most unique angles... I don't think Brandon is that involved with the journalism of the site. Jack and the rest of the people do some great work. I follow them on twitter get some of the news. If you do that you'll inevitably see Brandon's twitter is 100% dedicated to product hocking and showing off his lifestyle. It's fucking pathetic.
i read just about the first sentence of every paragraph. good god that guy is a douchecanoe
I ended up reading it. I'll admit, the bit about Jason Bourne was over the top. But he only uses the word SEAL like 2 or 3 times. 95% of this article is about his Tavel to Cuba.
This is a dog eat dog world. Don't hate on Brandon for playing the game. Our world endlessly rewards you for being a piece of shit with a huge ego. For fucks sake look at our goddamn president. Who by the way most "humble" navy seals voted for.
Doggy dog world* and do* hate on Brandon Webb. If you consider Dirty Webb to just be "playing the game" then I question your ability to judge a good guy from a shitbag. He is playing the game in such a way that makes it nearly unbearable to play it with him, if you will. He's only able to sell his bullshit to people who don't know shit and fall for his clickbait. He has no real solid partners or audience. It's just young naive kids who either realize he's a toxic sellout cunt conman or who are dumb enough to keep sending him money and defend him when he gets shat on. And that fat fuck deserves to be shat on by any means necessary. He is a dishonest, disingenuous, often pathetic, shameless, power obsessed, annoying in both behavior and speech, cunty, bitchy, 34% body fat, narcissistic, sell-your-child-to-human-traffickers level douchebag. Much like Hillary Clinton. But I still think Hillary's dick is bigger than Webb's.
You know it's dog eat dog right? Not doggy dog?
Yeah, well that's just like your uh opinion, myaan
He's not that much different from Chris Kyle or Marcus Luttrell as far as being a dishonest narcissistic shit bag goes, but they have more interesting stories and are more popular with the team guys. As for Hilary... I'd rather have a sociopath as our president than a low IQ narcissist.
I would say he is much different from Chris Kyle and Marcus Luttrell. But to your second point, I agree 100%.
You could make a case for Luttrell not being mentally stable enough to know what happened, but Chris Kyle made up some pretty tall tales for his own ego gratification.
Make no mistake, Webb is universally loathed in NSW.
Does a majority of NSW loath him because he basically commercialized the teams and branded them for his own benefit?
Yes
I listen to a lot of podcasts on my longer runs, and eventually late in the week i'm scrounging for some interesting new podcasts. If the title/guests peak my interest, I will try and stomach a SOFREP episode.
Almost 9 times out of 10, I make it about 10-15 minutes into it before I rationalize running in silence, over listening to a man grovel on and on about how hes NOT a piece of shit, how everyone in NSW is on a witch-hunt, and how you should totally become a subscriber to SOFREP and get exclusive, behind the scenes intel on whats happening with the SEALs behind the scenes, and within the special operations community in general. All for a nice, cheap, sell your soul and community away, price of $5.99 a month!
I'm glad to hear that he's complaining about it. He often acts as if he is unaware of his status within the community. In addition to being a trident pimp, he is also a fatty that misrepresents NSW by his disheveled appearance. Most trident pimps are in shape. I've talked to him before about this and his answer is basically, "I'm just trying to feed my family." Clearly, he is well fed.
"Navy SEAL's guide to being loathed in NSW" -Brandon Webb. I'm determined to make it a meme on this sub.
Please do