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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

Cadets attend the NCAA college football game between the Army Black Knights and Massachusetts at Michie Stadium, Saturday, Nov. 20, 2021 in West Point, N.Y. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)

U.S. military loses public trust as it pushes into politics

The U.S. military, once one of the few public institutions with a strong reservoir of public trust, is losing its standing after politicization in the ranks, a chaotic end to an unsatisfying war in Afghanistan and growing public doubts that American forces can deal with the security and economic threats of a rising China.

December 1, 2021
Washington National Guard members walk in formation away from the Legislative Building, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. Members of the Guard and Washington State Patrol troopers have been in place all week on the campus providing security against possible protests connected with the inauguration of President Joe Biden and the departure of former President Donald Trump in Washington, D.C.. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Backers of D.C. National Guard local control say they’re not giving up the fight

Supporters of a bill to give the D.C. mayor control over the District's National Guard force say they will continue to push for its inclusion in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), although the provision wasn't part of the bipartisan package of amendments that were accepted by the massive defense policy bill's floor managers in the Senate.

November 23, 2021
In this July 19, 2016, file photo, Arthur Sinodinos is sworn in as Senator for New South Wales by the Governor General Sir Peter Cosgrove at Government House in Canberra, Australia. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)

U.S. deal about more than subs, Australia’s ambassador says

Australia's decision to throw over France in favor of a nuclear submarine deal with the U.S. and Great Britain may have generated the most headlines recently, but the new Anglophone partnership known as AUKUS (Australia-United Kingdom-United States) is about much more than any one particular weapon system, Canberra's ambassador to the United States said this week.

November 18, 2021
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin speaks during a media briefing at the Pentagon, Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Temporary housing payments increased for troops in areas with high housing costs

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin will temporarily increase housing funds for military families in areas where rental costs have risen by at least 10% this year. The measure is one of several rolled out Wednesday to help military families deal with what officials called a "perfect storm" of financial challenges linked to the COVID-19 pandemic, rising fuel prices and a tight housing market.

November 17, 2021
In this Wednesday, April 6, 2011 photo released by U.S. Navy, the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) steams off the coast of northeastern Japan with the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force Ship JS Hyuga (DDH 181). Essex, with the embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, is operating off the coast of Kesenuma, in northeastern Japan, in support of Operation Tomodachi. Operation Tomodachi, which incorporates the Japanese word meaning "friend," is the U.S. military's humanitarian assistance program for the stricken region that started on March 13, two days after the quake and tsunami. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy, MC2 Mark R. Alvarez)

Iranian helicopter buzzes U.S. warship

An Iranian military helicopter buzzed a U.S. warship in the Gulf of Oman last week, coming within 25 yards of the USS Essex in an act that Pentagon officials said was "unsafe and unprofessional."

November 15, 2021
Lt. Col. (Ret.) William LcLean plays the National Anthem before a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services naturalization ceremony aboard the USS New Jersey Wednesday, July 4, 2018 in Camden, N.J. (Joe Lamberti/Camden Courier-Post via AP) **FILE**

New U.S. Navy sub takes on legendary name

The latest USS New Jersey is back on the high seas, a nuclear-powered, cruise missile-armed fast attack submarine, designed to take on new adversaries like China and Russia in both littoral and deep water missions.

November 12, 2021
In this July 1, 2019, file photo, a homeless man moves his belongings from a street near Los Angeles City Hall, background, as crews prepared to clean the area. While exact numbers are difficult to track, most officials believe that approximately 40,000 U.S. military veterans are without permanent, safe shelter on an average night. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)

Veteran homelessness a focus as nation honors those who served

The tent city outside the West Los Angeles Veterans Administration campus just off the 405 Freeway resembled more a military encampment than a makeshift shantytown thrown up by vagrants. The tents were lined up with a soldierly precision and each sported a prominent American flag.

November 9, 2021
In this file photo, U.S. Army soldiers with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment look for suspicious activity from an observation point during an area reconnaissance mission off Highway 1 in Zabul province, Afghanistan, on Oct. 1, 2010. A female soldier in the Montana Army National Guard became the first woman to complete the U.S. Army Sniper Course, Army officials announced. (DOD photo by Spc. Joshua Grenier, U.S. Army) **FILE**

First woman graduates from Army’s sniper school

A female soldier in the Montana Army National Guard has become the first woman to join an elite cadre of snipers following her graduation from the Army's grueling training course.

November 9, 2021