Brandon Webb

I was happy to be in Afghanistan, doing these real-world operations and taking the fight to the terrorists that attacked us. ”

After serving as a U.S. Navy SEAL, I started a business. In four years, it failed incredibly, but I learned a lot about business, raising equity, and choosing partners. ”

Like a lot of business owners out there, I don't desire to face the continual flogging from government regulators who push burdensome and confusing state tax and employment laws on the business. It creates an unnecessary risk when, as an owner, I can just take it offshore. ”

I sleep well at night. ”

While I tend to side with economist Milton Freidman when it comes to free-market economics, there is a place for 'Made in the U.S.A.' where national security is concerned. ”

Violence of action, as we call it in the Spec Ops community, will often change the odds in your favor. ”

The people with whom I've worked in the Special Operations community are more concerned with an individual's contribution to the team, and their ability to do their job exceptionally well, than their race or sexual preferences. ”

The Special Ops community has always been about mental toughness. ”

The Special Operations community is rooted in unconventional warfare. ”

The consequences of leaking sensitive information is that Americans and coalition forces die, and we lose trust with foreign spies, and our national security is put at risk. ”