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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 photo provided by the U.S. Navy, the guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain conducts routine underway operations in support of stability and security for a free and open Indo-Pacific, at the Taiwan Strait, Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020. China accused the U.S. of staging a show of force by sailing two Navy warships through the Taiwan Strait on Thursday morning. The Navy said the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers USS John S. McCain and USS Curtis Wilbur conducted a routine Taiwan Strait transit in accordance with international law.(Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Markus Castaneda/U.S. Navy via AP)

John McCain’s final taunt of 2020

The U.S. Navy ended the year by sending a pair of warships steaming through an area China claims as part of its nautical backyard even as the country was boasting of its military prowess in the pages of a state-run newspaper.

December 31, 2020
The littoral combat ships project has been bedeviled with engineering headaches since its inception. Now a newly revealed mechanical problem with the propulsion system could signal a potentially disastrous design flaw throughout the ships. (U.S. Navy photograph)

Littoral Combat Ship has faulty propulsion system

The Littoral Combat Ship project has been bedeviled with engineering headaches and cost overruns since its very inception, a chronic headache for a beleaguered U.S. Navy that has been fighting budget and performance battles on a growing number of fronts.

December 29, 2020

Palestinian officials announce upcoming military maneuves in Gaza

A group of Palestinian militant factions in Gaza that operate as a quasi-army against Israel is set to kick off joint military exercises in an effort to ready groups for a possible future conflict, according to the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.

December 28, 2020
In this file photo, a U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter jet prepares to take off at the Osan U.S. Air Base in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, Thursday, June 18, 2020. (Hong Ki-won/Yonhap via AP) **FILE**

Air Force shows off might in Arctic

The U.S. Air Force flexed its muscle in a dramatic show of force this month, amid heightened concern at the Pentagon over the prospect of expanding great power military competition with nations such as Russia and China.

December 24, 2020
The USS John S. McCain, left, is docked next to USS America at Singapore's Changi naval base on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017, in Singapore. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) ** FILE **

U.S. Navy again sails in South China Sea, through disputed territory

Less than a week after the United States sent a Navy destroyer through the hotly contested Taiwan Strait between Taiwan and the People's Republic of China, another U.S. military vessel passed through a disputed archipelago in the South China Sea to "challenge restrictions on innocent passage" imposed by China and other nations in the region.

December 22, 2020
"I will continue to fight on behalf of our military families so that they no longer feel powerless when rightfully demanding a healthy housing environment for their children," Sen. Mark Warner said. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

National Defense Authorization Act presses Pentagon on substandard military housing

Judging from the pending National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and the Pentagon's own budget requests, U.S. military leaders next year appear poised to take aim at a wave of cases across the country where military families have been forced to live in government-owned homes that were squalid and mold-encrusted.

December 16, 2020