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Mike Glenn

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

John Garamendi threaten to penalize base commanders for housing woes

Military housing may have been taken over by private management companies, but any commander looking forward to that next plum assignment had better make it a priority to see that service members and their families are living in safe and secure homes.

March 14, 2021

Lloyd Austin to visit India to meet with Rajnath Singh, Minister of Defense

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin told reporters on the plane to Hawaii that bolstering alliances and partnerships with other countries is the focus of his whirlwind trip to the Indo-Pacific region.

March 14, 2021

Michael Malek, Austin Hesler identified as Pearl Harbor casualties

The Department of Defense has officially accounted for two U.S. Navy sailors whose battleship was sunk during the Dec. 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii that resulted in America's entry into World War II.

March 14, 2021

National Guard Association leaders say it’s time to send the troops home

A group that represents more than 40,000 current or former National Guard officers is calling on the Pentagon to end the Guard mission at the U.S. Capitol.

March 12, 2021

Americans’ trust in military declining, study finds

The U.S. armed forces may be the most trusted institution in the country but a just-published study by the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute says there is declining confidence in the military among the nation's population.

March 12, 2021

Return National Guard troops home, top Dem, GOP leaders on House Armed Services Cmte. say

The leaders of the House Armed Services Committee are questioning the decision by Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to extend the National Guard deployment at the U.S. Capitol for two more months.

March 11, 2021

Human error, broken gate responsible for incursion at Joint Base Andrews

Human error and a malfunctioning gate are being blamed for a breach last month at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland that allowed an unauthorized civilian to climb aboard one of the Air Force's fleet of VIP aircraft.

March 11, 2021

Pentagon, Fox News host Tucker Carlson go to war over ‘feminizing’ the military

A number of high-ranking military officers are using their official social media accounts to denounce Fox News host Tucker Carlson over recent claims that maternity flight suits for pregnant fliers and new directives that loosen hair regulations to accommodate females in the ranks are "making a mockery" of the U.S. military.

March 11, 2021

National Guardsman in D.C. dies from medical emergency

A National Guard member in Washington to protect the U.S. Capitol died in what officials are calling an "apparent medical emergency."

March 11, 2021

Southern border assistance mission has hurt military readiness, study finds

The Department of Homeland Security reached out to the Pentagon more than 30 times since April 2018 for assistance with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection's mission along the southwest border.

March 10, 2021

Pentagon approves extending National Guard presence at the U.S. Capitol through May 23

Almost 2,300 National Guard soldiers will remain on duty in Washington, D.C., through May 23, Pentagon officials announced Tuesday night.

March 9, 2021

CIA Air America flyers hopeful of winning recognition

Neil Hansen racked up an astounding 9,000 combat hours in the skies over Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia during the Vietnam War era. But he wasn't a military pilot.

March 9, 2021

Mark Esper, H.R. McMaster call for independent review of U.S. Capitol siege

Former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and H.R. McMaster, the retired Army general who served as one of President Trump's national security advisers, are calling for a bipartisan commission to investigate what happened on Jan. 6 when a mob of pro-Trump voters stormed the U.S. Capitol.

March 8, 2021

Army base in Virginia could house unaccompanied migrant children

An Army garrison in central Virginia could be used to house unaccompanied migrant children amid a dramatic increase in migrants arriving at the U.S.-Mexico threatens to overwhelm shelter space there, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby confirmed Friday.

March 5, 2021

Remains of Korean War POW considered for sainthood identified

The remains of Father Emil Kapaun, an Army chaplain awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism as a prisoner of war in Korea and now being considered for sainthood by the Catholic Church, have been identified by the Defense Department's POW/MIA accounting agency.

March 5, 2021

Lloyd Austin, defense secretary, says COVID-19, China are top priorities

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin Thursday rolled out his priorities in a memo to the troops, with the fight against COVID-19 topping the list.

March 4, 2021

Pentagon commission for removing Confederate names sports unwieldy acronym: CNIDODCCSAAPWSVCSA

The military has had a love affair with acronyms for decades. They allow busy troops to compress a complex situation into an easy-to-use phrase. But the latest tongue twister, CNIDODCCSAAPWSVCSA, might prove difficult to catch on.

March 4, 2021

Marine Corps bids farewell to the F/A-18 Hornet

The U.S. Marine Corps has retired the vaunted F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet after 40 years of service.

March 4, 2021

Rockets hit airbase in Iraq hosting U.S. troops

A burst of at least 10 rockets targeting the Ain al-Asad airbase early Wednesday resulted in no direct U.S. troop casualties, but the Pentagon later revealed that an American contractor working with the base had suffered a "cardiac episode" and died while taking cover from the attack.

March 3, 2021