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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

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

Army defends its role in Indo-Pacific struggle for influence

As U.S. strategists ponder the best way to carry out the new "great-power" challenge posed by China, the Army insists it has a vital role to play in any future military operations in the crucial Indo-Pacific region, even with the oceans and vast distances that would seem to favor the Navy and Air Force.

March 30, 2021
Mike Rogers, Alabama Republican. (Screen grab from http://mikerogers.house.gov/) ** FILE **

Mike Rogers pushes back against liberal drive for defense cuts

Even as a number of Democrats on Capitol Hill are urging President Biden to slash the Pentagon's budget, the top Republican on the House Armed Services Committee says the threat from an aggressive China means the U.S. military actually needs an inflation-adjusted 3-to-5% increase in the coming fiscal year.

March 22, 2021
Engineer Harold Graham, of Buffalo, N.Y., glides over a parked car during a demonstration of a one-man, rocket-powered jet pack, outside of the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., June 16, 1961. The demonstration, sponsored by the Army, draws a crowd of Pentagon workers. The control tower at left is used in directing helicopter traffic to and from the Pentagon. (AP Photo/Henry Burroughs) **FILE**

U.S. military looking for a few good flying jetpacks

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is taking another crack at personal flying devices, inviting companies to send their proposals for developing and demonstrating "novel or unique approaches to personal battlefield mobility."

March 21, 2021
In this Oct. 1, 2019, file photo, spectators wave Chinese flags as military vehicles carrying DF-41 ballistic missiles roll during a parade to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of Communist China in Beijing. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) ** FILE **

New Pentagon No. 2 warns of China threat

A day after Chinese diplomats traded angry barbs with their U.S. counterparts in face-to-face meetings in Alaska, new Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks on Friday lashed out at Beijing during a virtual speech at the National War College in Washington, D.C.

March 20, 2021
In this file photo, members of Western Michigan University's ROTC Army and Air Force stand as the American flag is flown at half-staff during a remembrance ceremony honoring the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014, in Kalamazoo, Mich. (AP Photo/Kalamazoo Gazette-MLive Media Group, Mark Bugnaski)

Air Force cuts back on tours at ROTC detachments

The Air Force is cutting back on the number of years an enlisted service member can be assigned to a college ROTC detachment in order to return them to their original career.

March 19, 2021
In this Aug. 18, 2010, file photo, California National Guard troops, part of Task Force Sierra, which are training for future deployment at the border along with Border Patrol Agents, stand in formation near the California/Mexico border in San Diego. (John Gibbons/San Diego Union-Tribune via AP) **FILE**

Pentagon eyes extension of mission to Mexico border

The 3,500 National Guard troops deployed by President Trump to help with the crush of migrants at the Mexican border will remain at least through the summer and could be staying beyond that, Pentagon officials said this week.

March 17, 2021
Christopher Swecker, right, chairman of the Fort Hood Independent Review Committee speaks accompanied by Carrie Ricci, a member of the Fort Hood Independent Review Committee, during a House Committee on Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel, hearing about Military Criminal Investigative Organization Reform Recommendations from the Fort Hood Independent Review Committee, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, March 16, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Fort Hood woes fueled by investigator inexperience, Congress told

A woman assigned to the Army's Fort Hood would more likely than not be a victim of sexual harassment or sexual assault during her tour of duty there. And any serious incident at the base would be investigated by an Army investigative unit that was chronically understaffed, lacked experience and did not posses the critical police tools needed to solve the crime.

March 16, 2021

Military spouses face hurdle with job licensing rules

More than a third of military spouses in the labor force have jobs that require state licenses. But frequent moves bring challenges in the job market that their civilian counterparts often don't have to deal with.

March 15, 2021