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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

The Weir family, Vennita, left, Athena, center, and Bill take a photograph, at their home on Wednesday, September 27, 2018, in Albuquerque, N.M. Military families are complaining that this year’s base transfers are the worst in memory as movers are destroying, damaging, losing and stealing their household goods. (Vennita Weir, Source via AP) **FILE**

Reform would give military spouses more job options

Two California lawmakers, both military veterans, have a new bill that would give military spouses with valid licensing in one state reciprocity in another when their spouse is deployed there on military orders.

June 8, 2021
This July 17, 2019, photo provided by the U.S. Air Force shows a Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet in flight after refueling over the Pacific Ocean near the coast of Brisbane, Australia. The Navy said Wednesday, July 31, that an F/A-18 Super Hornet jet similar to this one has crashed in the California desert and a search-and-rescue helicopter is en route to the scene, about 60 miles north of the Naval Air Weapons Station at China Lake. (Senior Airman Elora J. Martinez/U.S. Air Force via AP)

In a first, drone refuels U.S. Navy fighter jet in midair

An aircraft called the MQ-25 Stingray rolled down the strip at MidAmerica Airport on the outskirts of St. Louis on June 4 before lifting into the sky. It was quickly followed by a Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet jet fighter.

June 7, 2021
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley speaks during a briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, Thursday, May 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) **FILE**

Pentagon pushes cuts to ‘legacy’ weapons to pay for high-tech needs

Pentagon officials want to cut almost $3 billion worth of weapon systems and equipment in their current stockpile in order to help pay for their ambitious plans to invest in new technologies like hypersonics and artificial intelligence so they can be ready for the battlefields of the future.

May 28, 2021

Lloyd Austin bids farewell to National Guard at Capitol

As their five-month mission finally came to a close, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Monday saluted the National Guard troops who were deployed to stand watch over the U.S. Capitol grounds during a tumultuous period in American history.

May 24, 2021