Mike Glenn grew up on Navy bases as the son of a career sailor but then decided to annoy his father and joined the Army after he graduated from high school in the Dallas area. He did a hitch as an enlisted soldier in Germany during the Cold War, where he spent a considerable amount of time in the field on maneuvers. After leaving the Army, he moved back home to northeast Texas and entered the University of Texas at Arlington where he studied history. He also took Army ROTC classes at UT Arlington and upon graduation received a commission as a Second Lieutenant. He was assigned to the 3rd Cavalry Regiment at Fort Bliss in El Paso and took his platoon to the Middle East where he fought in the Gulf War. He got into journalism after Operation Desert Storm and has worked at newspapers and magazines throughout Texas. He joined The Washington Times from the Houston Chronicle. He can be reached at mglenn@washingtontimes.com.
The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier and its supporting warships are sailing in the Middle East amid rising tensions with Iran, giving President Trump the option of launching airstrikes in response to Tehran's brutal crackdown on protesters.
Israel has agreed to a "limited reopening" of the Rafah border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt as part of President Trump's peace plan for the region, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said.
Volker Turk, the U.N.'s commissioner for human rights, on Friday accused the Trump administration of launching immigration raids that don't respect the due process rights of migrants and refugees and have resulted in violent detentions at hospitals, courthouses and houses of worship.
The USS Nimitz spent nearly half a century as a pillar of American sea power, ushering in the era of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and setting the standard for warships that followed.
President Trump denounced U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer's plan on Tuesday to hand over control of the Chagos Archipelago, home of a vital U.S. military base in the central Indian Ocean, to the nation of Mauritius.
President Trump sent a message to Norway's prime minister saying he no longer feels "an obligation to think purely of peace" because he didn't receive the Nobel Peace Prize and only U.S. control of Greenland can ensure global security.
Russian forces are preparing to target Ukraine's nuclear plants by launching attacks on the substations that power them, a military-focused think tank says.
The U.S. is accusing South Africa of "cozying up" to Tehran by allowing Iranian warships to participate in the multi-national naval exercise it hosted over the past week.
The State Department this week approved a deal worth $1.5 billion for equipment and services needed to expand Peru's main naval base, which is 40 miles from a Chinese-built megaport.
The Pentagon said Thursday it will revamp Stars and Stripes as part of a plan to modernize the operations of a military newspaper first published during the Civil War and in continuous print since World War II.
Renaming the Department of Defense as the Department of War could cost as much as $125 million, depending on the scope of the effort, according to a report from the Congressional Budget Office.
The U.S. Navy is at an "inflection point" amid growing threats from great power rivals and terrorist groups around the world, a key Republican lawmaker said Wednesday morning, and he stressed the U.S. must maintain a strong surface fleet that includes large, small and uncrewed vessels.
A top Navy official said Tuesday that the proposed "Trump class" of battleships will fill a critical need for the military and enable the service to project more power on the seas.
The European Union is drafting new sanctions against Tehran as the death toll continues to rise from a crackdown on anti-government protests throughout Iran.
Sen. Mark Kelly on Monday sued Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for trying to reduce his retirement rank and pay, which he called an "unconstitutional crusade" against him.
The United Kingdom will develop a new deep-strike ballistic missile for Ukraine that can operate in high-threat battlefields with heavy electromagnetic interference.
Authorities in Finland on Monday released a Russian-owned cargo ship suspected of damaging an undersea telecommunications cable in the Gulf of Finland, saying the investigation into the damage is continuing.
A Chinese national accused this week of taking unauthorized photographs of B-2 Spirit stealth bombers at an Air Force base in Missouri has been in the U.S. illegally since 2022 but was released from custody after claiming asylum.
The Trump administration is earmarking nearly $14 million to help reinvigorate the nation's shipbuilding industry by supporting training programs to develop the next generation of workers, officials said this week.