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How the Navy SEALs Train for Leadership Excellence

Harvard Business Review

A member of Seal Team 3, Webb became the Naval Special Warfare Command Sniper Course Manager in 2003. Before we redid the course, SEAL sniper school had an average attrition rate of about 30 percent. This was a precarious time. By the time we had gone through the bulk of our overhaul, it had plummeted to less than 5 percent.”