Travis Haley

Travis Haley has evolved into one of the most respected and knowledgeable trainers and product developers in the defense industry. A former United States Force Recon Marine and private military contractor with an amazing lists of credits to his name he continues to advance his community and others with his unique ability to build weapons and tactics programs, films, and knowledge transfer through science. His first appearance was in 2004 on YouTube as the famous Blackwater sniper in Al-Najaf, Iraq. This battle was known as one of the largest insurgent assaults in the history of the war. Back in this day real combat footage was not common. Travis served as a door gunner/counter sniper and intelligence gatherer on the Black water MD530 Little Bird helicopters based out of the Green Zone in Baghdad, Iraq. On April 4th 2004 "444" they were called into Al-Najaf to support and evacuate a stranded team. Once they landed they realize the insurgent numbers were estimated to be 1500 to their 20. The fight lasted for 2 days and Travis and his team worked tirelessly to hold back the invading forces. Not knowing the outcome Travis took his surveillance camera out and hit record. Later this footage was posted to YouTube by an unknown person. This being one of the first combat videos of Iraq on the internet made it a hit with over 10 million views with multiple shares and counting.