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Mike Glenn

mglenn@washingtontimes.com

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.

Articles by Mike Glenn

Oshkosh, Wis., Mayor Steve Cummings looks cover the JLTV following a press conference to announce that the United States Army has awarded Oshkosh Defense a $6.7 billion contract to build the Humvee's replacement, Oshkosh Corp's Joint Light Tactical Vehicle, or JLTV, in Oshkosh on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2015. (Wm.Glasheen /The Post-Crescent via AP) **FILE**

Army looking for new combat vehicles

The Army wants a new combat vehicle and is willing to pay more than $7 billion to the defense contractor that can provide it.

February 11, 2022
Michael Bloomberg speaks during a meeting with Earthshot prize winners and finalists at the Glasgow Science Center on the sidelines of the COP26 U.N. Climate Summit in Glasgow, Scotland, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, Pool, File)

Bloomberg named to Pentagon tech advisory board

Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has been nominated to head the Defense Innovation Board, which advises the Pentagon on key matters such as artificial intelligence, software and digital modernization.

February 10, 2022
Christine Wormuth, nominee to be secretary of the Army, testifies during her Senate Armed Service Committee confirmation hearing, Thursday, May 13, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Tom Williams/Pool via AP) **FILE**

With world on edge, Army unveils climate change priorities

The Army is rolling out its strategy to battle climate change, which Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has called an "existential threat" to the nation's security even as Russia continues massing heavily armed troops along its border with Ukraine.

February 8, 2022
In this photo provided by the U.S. Navy, the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson participates in a group sail during the Rim of the Pacific exercise off the coast of Hawaii, July 26, 2018. The U.S. military says a Navy F35C Lightning II combat jet conducting exercises in the South China Sea has crashed while trying to land on the deck of the USS Carl Vinson, injuring seven sailors, Monday, Jan. 24, 2022, the military said. (Petty Officer 1st Class Arthurgwain L. Marquez/U.S. Navy via AP) ** FILE **

Navy upgrades safety office following collisions, USS Bonhomme Richard fire

The Navy admits it has been forced to learn some hard safety lessons the hard way over the past few years, with incidents such as August 2017 when the USS John McCain collided with an oil tanker, causing the death of 10 sailors, and the suspicious fire aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard in 2020 that took four days to extinguish and resulted in the ship being scrapped.

February 7, 2022