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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.

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This photo provided by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) Tunisia shows migrants disembarking in Tunisia, late Monday, May 17, 2021. Tunisian authorities say more than 50 migrants have drowned off the coast of the North African country, while 33 others were rescued by workers from an oil platform. (IOM Tunisia via AP)

Dozens of migrants drown near U.S., allied Mediterranean exercise

In a grim irony, more than 50 immigrants drowned when their boat capsized and sank off the coast of Tunisia on Monday just as the U.S. and several other countries in the region were starting a maritime exercise designed in part to test their ability to respond to mass migration and illicit trafficking.

May 19, 2021
In this March 13, 2013 photo, Maj. Gen. Paul LaCamera, new Commanding General of the 4th Infantry Division and Fort Carson to LaCamera is photographed at Fort Carson in Colorado Springs, Colo. Preparing for peace is a major shift for LaCamera and his soldiers. The general was among the first American combat troops into Afghanistan in 2001. In the years since, he and Fort Carson's nearly 25,000 other troops have been commuting to war, with all-too-brief stops at home between fighting in Iraq or Afghanistan. (AP Photo/The Colorado Springs Gazette, Mark Reis) MAGS OUT

Gen. Paul LaCamera warns North Korean conventional forces are a threat, too

Early in his Army career, Gen. Paul LaCamera was stationed at the Demilitarized Zone -- the famous depopulated strip of land strewn with deadly mines that divides North and South Korea. Any patrol along the border area was well within range of Pyongyang's fearsome arsenal of mortars and artillery.

May 18, 2021
In this Sept. 17, 2020, photo, Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, questions witnesses during a House Committee on Homeland Security hearing. (Chip Somodevilla/Pool via AP) **FILE**

Lawmakers back fired Space Command officer over anti-Marxist book

Several members of Congress have come out in support of a U.S. Space Force officer who lost his command following comments he made on a podcast about his book that raises questions about the influence of Marxism and left-wing policies within the U.S. military.

May 17, 2021
Smoke rises following Israeli airstrikes on a building in Gaza City, Thursday, May 13, 2021. Weary Palestinians are somberly marking the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, as Hamas and Israel traded more rockets and airstrikes and Jewish-Arab violence raged across Israel. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

Pentagon pulls 120 U.S. troops out of Israel

Missile attacks against Israel by the Iran-backed Palestinian militant group Hamas prompted Pentagon officials to withdraw about 120 Department of Defense personnel from Israel on Thursday.

May 13, 2021
In this photo made available by the U.S. Navy, the guided-missile submarine USS Georgia transits the Strait of Hormuz in Persian Gulf, Monday, Dec. 21, 2020. The USS Georgia traversed the strategically vital waterway between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula on Monday, the U.S. Navy said, a rare announcement that comes amid rising tensions with Iran. (Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Indra Beaufort/U.S. Navy via AP)

U.S. cutter fires on Iran vessels in Strait of Hormuz

A U.S. Coast Guard cutter fired at least 30 warning shots at a group of Iranian fast-attack boats Monday while escorting a U.S. Navy submarine through a tense section of the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf.

May 10, 2021