My friend Kamal is a world traveler — he has meditated with Tibetan monks in the Dalai Lama’s monastery, trekked the Himalayas, and hiked the Camino de Santiago in Spain. He served in the U.S. Army and studied to be an ER doctor. He has launched tech companies, runs his own venture capital firm, and […]

Read part one HERE, part two HERE, part three HERE, and part four HERE. The fifth excerpt from the upcoming book, “Mastering Fear: A Navy SEAL’s Guide” by Brandon Webb and John David Mann: I grew up on the water. I love it—spent my childhood in it and a good chunk of my adulthood, too. But […]

Read part one HERE, part two HERE, and part three HERE. An excerpt from the upcoming book, “Mastering Fear: A Navy SEAL’s Guide” by Brandon Webb and John David Mann: And here’s where it really starts to get fun: our pilot, the guy in charge of this operation, the guy who’s supposed to be our leader, is […]

Here is the cover for “The Killing School,” by Brandon Webb, former Navy SEAL and Force 12 CEO. “The Killing School” is an in-depth look at the Navy SEAL sniper school during his time as the Naval Special Warfare Sniper Course manager. “Sure to scare the hell out of any terrorist in line for a well-placed sniper […]

The fire on board the Conception is a nightmare scenario. A wood and fiberglass boat, at night, while passengers are engulfed in flames as they sleep below decks. By the time the crew wakes up, there’s not much to do but save your own life at that point, a terrible thing to even imagine. The […]

Read part one HERE and part two HERE. An excerpt from the upcoming book, “Mastering Fear: A Navy SEAL’s Guide” by Brandon Webb and John David Mann: It’s nighttime over the Persian Gulf, summer of 1995. The four of  us—pilot, copilot, another crewman, and I—have been out in our SH-60 Seahawk helicopter doing sonar ops. It’s been […]