Allen Frazier

About Allen Frazier

Allen Frazier is a U.S. Army veteran and military journalist based in Wyoming who covers military history, current events, and world affairs for Military.com.

With a background combining military service, academic expertise, and professional journalism, Allen brings depth and authenticity to his coverage of military history and international topics. His work spans historical analysis and current events, exploring how historical conflicts affect present-day military issues.

Allen earned a B.A. in history with a minor in journalism from the University of Mississippi and an M.A. in World War II studies from Arizona State University. A former reporter for the Sun Herald in Biloxi, Mississippi, he has contributed to Task & Purpose, The Collector, and other leading military and history outlets.

Expertise

Military history, specializing in World War II
Current military events and world affairs
Military journalism and analysis

Professional Roles

Writer for Military.com
Contributor to Task & Purpose
Contributor to The Collector

Education

M.A. in World War II Studies from Arizona State University
B.A. in History with a minor in Journalism from the University of Mississippi

Publications

Featured in Task & Purpose
Featured in The Collector
Published in the Sun Herald

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Russian-made military vehicles on display in Caracas during a 2014 commemoration. Venezuela continues to rely heavily on Russian military equipment, including tanks, armored vehicles and air defense systems now positioned to counter U.S. forces in the Caribbean. (Cancillería del Ecuador/Wikimedia Commons)

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U.S. Army soldiers launch a drone at Yakima Training Center, Washington, July 2025. The Army is creating specialized multifunctional reconnaissance companies that integrate drones, electronic warfare systems, and traditional reconnaissance capabilities. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Adeline Witherspoon)

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U.S. Navy ASM-N-2 “Bat” Bomb attached to the wing of a PB2Y Coronado (Wikimedia Commons).

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The hat of retired U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Frank S. Wright, who fought at Iwo Jima, sits on a table during an interview in Stockton, California, Aug. 30, 2025. Wright, who turned 100 this year, is among the fewer than 50,000 WWII veterans still alive—the youngest of whom are all approaching or exceeding 100 years old. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Haley Fourmet Gustavsen, Defense Visual Information Distribution Service).

The Last of the Greatest Generation: What America Loses as Its WWII Veterans Fade Away

World War II will soon transition from living memory to documented history, with VA projections from earlier this year...

U.S. soldiers eating K-Rations during the Italian Campaign, 17 November, 1943. Capua sector, Italy. (Wikimedia Commons).

How World War II Brought Pizza from the Battlefields of Italy to America’s Dinner Tables

When Allied troops stormed the beaches of Sicily on July 10, 1943, they expected brutal combat in what Winston Churchill...

23 September 1779: With the battle joined and the Americans having suffered initial setbacks, Captain John Paul Jones of the Bonhomme Richard, when asked if he was striking his colors, famously and defiantly responds, “I have not yet begun to fight!” He would proceed to prove those words abundantly accurate (New York Public Library Digital Collections).

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The F-80C was more than a match for the propeller-driven fighters of the North Korean Air Force but suffered from short range when flying from Japanese air bases (U.S. Air Force photo).

Lessons from the Korean War: How Air Combat Then Still Shapes U.S. Tactics Today

When the Korean War began in 1950, the United States entered a new era of air combat it barely understood. Pilots trained for...

F.E. Warren Air Force Base Gate 1 (Military One Source)

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U.S. Coast Guardsmen blast a passage through the ice in the hunt for the Nazi Greenland base (National Archives).

When U.S. Troops Fought Nazis in the Arctic: The Forgotten Battle for Greenland

When Nazi Germany overran Denmark in April 1940, the Danish colony of Greenland was suddenly cut off from its government...

Smoke fills the air as debris covers the ground and vehicles after a powerful blast ripped through a military explosives manufacturing plant in Hickman County, Tenn., on Friday, Oct. 10, 2025. (WTVF-TV via AP)

Tennessee Explosion Exposes the Civilian Cost of America’s Reliance on Private Munitions Plants

On Friday, Oct. 10, 2025, at about 7:45 a.m. local time, a massive explosion occurred at the Accurate Energetic Systems (AES)...

U.S. Army Cpl. Andrew Parlatl and Cpl. Angel Garcia, infantrymen with the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, load an M249 squad automatic weapon during Exercise Southern Vanguard 25, in Antuco, Chile, Aug. 26, 2025. Exercise Southern Vanguard 25 underscores the U.S. Army’s enduring commitment to regional partnership as U.S. forces deploy to Chile to conduct combined mountain warfare, field, and command post training alongside Chilean forces, with participation from Argentina and Peru - strengthening interoperability, shared readiness, and mutual trust while advancing regional security and cooperation across the Western Hemisphere (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Richelle Cruickshank, DVIDS).

How the 10th Mountain Division Built America’s Cold-Weather Warfare Doctrine

Eighty years after its creation, the 10th Mountain Division’s continues to train soldiers to operate in snow, high altitudes...

Pack and transport platoon of the Russian army. Southern Military District. Ministry of Defense of Russia (Wikimedia Commons).

Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter

A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...

Lovat Scouts wearing ghillie suits during World War II (Wikimedia Commons).

How Scottish Hunters and a Fallen General Shaped Modern Military Snipers

Today’s military sniper is a fusion of all these traditions. Modern rifles can reach beyond a mile with precision. Optics now...

Pakistan armed convoy in Mogadishu, UNOSOM (Wikimedia Commons).

32 Years Ago, UN Troops Came to the Rescue in Mogadishu During Black Hawk Down

On Oct. 3, 1993—32 years ago—what began as a short raid by Task Force Ranger in Mogadishu became an all-night fight for...

Pvt. Paul Douglas, age 50, performs a rifle inspection with his drill instructor aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot S.C., 1942. Douglas, at age 50 was the oldest recruit in the history of Parris Island, and went on to become a purple heart recipient and Chicago senator (DVIDS).

At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa

When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...

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