**Explosive, revealing, and intelligent, The Red Circle provides a
uniquely personal glimpse into one of the most challenging and secretive
military training courses in the world.
**
BEFORE HE COULD FORGE A BAND OF ELITE WARRIORS... HE HAD TO BECOME ONE
HIMSELF.
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 Red Circle 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.
