BEFORE HE COULD FORGE A BAND OF ELITE WARRIORS... HE HAD TO BECOME ONE
HIMSELF.
Adapted from Webb's Adult Bestseller The Red Circle for a Young Adult
Audience
Brandon Webb's experiences in the world's most elite sniper corps are
the stuff of legend. From his grueling years of training in Naval
Special Operations to his combat tours in the Persian Gulf and
Afghanistan, The Making of a Navy SEAL provides a rare and riveting
look at the inner workings of the U.S. military through the eyes of a
covert operations specialist.
Yet it is Webb's distinguished second career as a lead instructor for
the shadowy sniper cell and Course Manager of the Navy SEAL Sniper
Program that trained some of America's finest and deadliest
warriors-including Marcus Luttrell and Chris Kyle-that makes his story
so compelling. Luttrell credits Webb's training with his own survival
during the ill-fated 2005 Operation Redwing in Afghanistan*.* Kyle went
on to become the U.S. military's top marksman, with more than 150
confirmed kills.
From a candid chronicle of his student days, going through the sniper
course himself, to his hair-raising close calls with Taliban and al
Qaeda forces in the northern Afghanistan wilderness, to his vivid
account of designing new sniper standards and training some of the most
accomplished snipers of the twenty-first century, Webb provides a rare
look at the making of the Special Operations warriors who are at the
forefront of today's military.
Explosive, revealing, and intelligent, The Making of a Navy SEAL
provides a uniquely personal glimpse into one of the most challenging
and secretive military training courses in the world.
