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Mike Glenn

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

President Joe Biden returns a salute as he walks by the Marine Barracks Washington after visiting the Honey Made store, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) **FILE**

Biden to sign executive order making military harassment a crime

President Biden on Wednesday is expected to sign an executive order that would make sexual harassment an offense under the military's justice system and increase penalties for troops sharing explicit photographs of other service members without their permission.

January 26, 2022
A-29 Super Tucano planes are on display during a handover from the NATO-led Resolute Support mission to the Afghan army at the military Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sept. 17, 2020. A year-old report by Washingtons Afghanistan watchdog warned in early 2021, months before President Joe Biden announced the end to America's longest war, the Afghan air force would collapse without critical U.S. aid, training and American maintenance. The report by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction John Sopko was classified back when it was written and only declassified on Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

Watchdog agency warned of Afghan Air Force collapse long before U.S. withdrawal

The U.S. government's lead Afghan watchdog agency warned the Pentagon that the country's fledgling air force was on the verge of collapse without an influx of American assistance, months before the last American troops withdrew from Afghanistan at the order of President Biden and the Taliban surged to power.

January 18, 2022