Travis Allen

About the author

is a former US Army Infantry Officer. While a Platoon Leader in Afghanistan, he was part of a joint Special Forces/Infantry team conducting Village Stability Operations in Kandahar Province. Travis graduated from the US Military Academy at West Point in 2010.

More Russians are dying in Syria than are being acknowledged: Report

The Russian government has been consistently under-reporting their casualty figures from the Syrian Civil War, a Reuters investigation has found. After a combined effort from Reuters and the Conflict Intelligence Team investigative group, researchers found that Russian casualties were actually three times the amount of what was being officially reported by the Russian government, and […]

The bot connection: Donald Trump and Instagram butt models

The meteoric rise of Donald Trump from unlikely fringe candidate to 45th President of the United States has many attributions. How you interpret the phenomenon known as “the Donald” is likely strongly correlated along partisan lines. If you hate Trump, you can find ample material across the internet that is replete with reasons why he […]

FBI Director says no information supports Trump wiretapping tweets

The heads of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the National Security Agency (NSA) have testified that there is no information to indicate a wiretap was ordered by President Obama on President Trump. FBI Director James Comey and NSA Director Admiral Mike Rogers testified before the House Intelligence Committee, which has been conducting an […]

More U.S. troops likely to be sent to Syria with new Pentagon plan

As the Trump administration cedes greater decision-making authority back to battlefield commanders in Syria and Iraq, more U.S. troops are likely to be on the ground in Syria for the coming Raqqa offensive. Citing defense officials familiar with the matter, the Washington Post reported that Secretary of Defense James Mattis will be approving the deployment […]

Trump’s budget blueprint aims to build defense, curb national debt

The 2018 “America First” Budget Blueprint was released by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), indicating in no uncertain terms the Trump administration’s intent to bolster the military and make significant cuts across the federal government. Stressing the promises he made to the American people to place national security and public safety first, President […]

Syrian government claims to have downed Israeli jet inside Syria

Syria launched surface-to-air missiles at Israeli warplanes earlier today, and have now claimed to have shot one down and damaged another. The exchange was confirmed by both Israel and Syria, but Israel so far denies it has a downed aircraft. The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said that after attacking Hezbollah targets inside Syria, their aircraft […]

Turkey threatens to cancel immigration deals with EU as relationship falters

Turkey’s relationship with the European Union continues to deteriorate as they threaten to cancel key migration agreements. The comments from Turkey’s foreign minister are another low point in an ongoing quasi-diplomatic crisis between Turkey and a number of EU nations. Earlier this week, Turkey’s President Recep Erdogan accused government officials in the Netherlands and Germany […]

Three women prepare to ‘Turn Blue’ in another first for the U.S. Army

The Army’s newest graduating class of infantrymen at Fort Benning, Georgia, includes three women. These women will be the first junior enlisted females bearing the infantry military occupational specialty. SOFREP had reported on women beginning One Station Unit Training (OSUT) at Fort Benning in January. That course is 16 weeks long, and the trainees still […]

Russian military set to absorb rebel fighters inside restive Georgian region

The Russian government, under the direction of Vladimir Putin, has drawn up orders to bring separatist forces inside the country of Georgia under the control of the Russian military. The separatist forces in question reside in the region of South Ossetia, a long-contested area on Georgia’s northern border with Russia, and one of the sites […]

Iran has constructed underground weapons factories in Lebanon for Hezbollah: report

Iran has established underground weapons factories for Hezbollah inside Lebanon, part of a broader Iranian armament effort that has helped Hezbollah expand its stockpiles to many times what it was 10 years ago, during the Second Lebanon War. The source of the information for the story is somewhat dubious. The story broke in a small […]

Adult product manufacturer in Canada compromised by hackers

A Canadian adult toy manufacturer has been forced to pay out $4 million Canadian dollars after their product was found to be collecting information on user’s private habits. The company, We-Vibe, has apologized to customers after the device’s flaws were exposed by a pair of hackers in New Zealand. Their parent company, Standard Innovation, issued […]