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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

Female recruits stand at the Marine Corps Training Depot on Parris Island, S.C., Feb. 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith) ** FILE **

GAO survey finds women face higher uniform bills in military

A just-released congressionally mandated study from the Government Accountability Office finds women across the military face a "pink tax" -- higher bills for essential uniform items from pantyhose and dress shoes to mandatory handbags -- than do their male counterparts, a burden especially heavy for female officers.

March 1, 2021
FILE - In this July 2, 2010 file photo, Afghan security forces stand outside a USAID compound in Kunduz, northern Afghanistan, after it was stormed by militants wearing suicide vests. The United States wasted billions of dollars in war-torn Afghanistan on buildings and vehicles that were either abandoned or destroyed, according to a report released Monday, March 1, 2021, by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, a U.S. government watchdog. (AP Photo, File)

U.S. wasted billions on Afghan construction projects: IG

American taxpayers funded billions of dollars worth of reconstruction projects in Afghanistan that were destroyed or abandoned during the two decades of fighting in the war-torn country, according to a new watchdog report.

March 1, 2021

Navy identifies sailor who died of COVID-19

A Virginia Beach-based sailor who died Monday shortly after testing positive for COVID-19 has been identified as Chief Petty Officer Justin Huf, 39, Navy officials confirmed.

February 24, 2021
Protesters hold posters with an image of deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Yangon, Myanmar, on Sunday. Vast numbers of people have flouted orders against demonstrations to march against the military takeover. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Myanmar protesters keep pressure on military

Mass demonstrations that sent hundreds of thousands of people into the streets in Myanmar are showing no signs of stopping more than a week after the military launched a coup and seized the country's leader, Nobel Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi.

February 14, 2021
In this Feb. 2, 2016, file photo, a detainee is seen in the communal area inside Camp 6 in the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. (AP Photo/Ben Fox) ** FILE **

Joe Biden orders review of U.S. prison at Guantanamo

President Biden has ordered a review of the future of the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba that currently houses about 40 prisoners including 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Reuters reported.

February 12, 2021