The Killing School brings readers inside the U.S. Naval Special
Warfare (SEAL) Scout/Sniper Course--the grueling three-month training
program that produces the world's deadliest snipers.
As a SEAL sniper and combat veteran, Webb was tapped to revamp the U.S.
Naval Special Warfare (SEAL) Scout/Sniper School, incorporating the
latest advances in technology and ballistics software to create an
entirely new course that continues to test the skills and even the best
warriors. In this revealing new book, Webb takes readers through every
aspect of this training, describing how Spec Ops snipers are taught each
dimension of their art. Trainees learn to utilize every edge possible to
make their shot--from studying crosswinds, barometric pressure,
latitude, and even the rotation of the Earth to becoming ballistic
experts. But marksmanship is only one aspect of the training. Each
SEAL's endurance, stealth and mental and physical stamina are tested and
pushed to the breaking point.
Webb also shows how this training plays out in combat, using real-life
exploits of the world's top snipers, including Jason Delgado, who led a
Marine platoon in the Battle of Husaybah and made some of the most
remarkable kill shots in the Iraq War; Nicholas Irving, the U.S. Army
Ranger credited with thirty-three kills in a single three-month tour in
Afghanistan; and Rob Furlong, who during Operation Anaconda delivered
the then-longest kill shot in history.
During Webb's sniper school tenure, the course graduated some of the
deadliest and most skilled snipers of this generation, including Marcus
Luttrell (Lone Survivor), Adam Brown (Fearless), and Chris Kyle
(American Sniper). From recon and stalk, to complex last minute
adjustments, and finally the moment of taking the shot, The Killing
School demonstrates how today's sniper is trained to function as an
entire military operation rolled into a single individual--an army of
one.
