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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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In this Feb. 22, 2010, file photo then-Defense Undersecretary for Policy Michele Flournoy testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington before the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Afghanistan. Flournoy, a politically moderate Pentagon veteran, is regarded by U.S. officials and political insiders as a top choice for President-elect Joe Bide to choose to head the Pentagon. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File) **FILE**

Pentagon pick delay sparks talk of progressive unease

Michele Flournoy has long been the odds-on choice to lead the Department of Defense in a Biden administration, but she was notably absent in Wilmington, Delaware, this week when the former vice president rolled out his first picks.

November 25, 2020
FILE - In this June 26, 2014 file photo, the U.S. Navy warship USS John McCain, an Arleigh-Burke class destroyer, is docked at the Subic Freeport to take part in the joint US-Philippines naval exercise called Cooperation Afloat Readiness And Training (CARAT) at the former US naval base of Subic, about 70 miles west of Manila, Philippines. After two unsuccessful presidential bids, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., the 78-year-old former Navy pilot and Vietnam prisoner of war has rebounded as the chairman of the powerful Senate Armed Services Committee. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez, File)

U.S., Russian ships square off in dispute over bay in Sea of Japan

The Pentagon and Russian defense ministry traded testy exchanges Tuesday after the USS John S. McCain sailed through a disputed section of the Peter the Great Bay in the Sea of Japan that the Kremlin has claimed since the days of the Soviet Union.

November 24, 2020
In this Monday, March 9, 2020, file photo released by the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), a Russian Tu-142 maritime reconnaissance aircraft, top right, is intercepted near the Alaska coastline. U.S. and Canadian aircraft intercepted and escorted two Russian jets that flew over the Beaufort Sea near the Alaska coastline, military officials said Tuesday. The Russian Tu-142 maritime reconnaissance aircraft were escorted by F-22 and CF-18 planes, the North American Aerospace Defense Command said in a release. The Russian jets never left international airspace during the duration of the four-hour flight on Monday, but did come within 50 miles of the Alaska coast. (North American Aerospace Defense Command via AP)

U.S. pulls out of ‘open skies’ treaty with Russia

The United States on Sunday officially pulled out of the Open Skies Treaty, a pact allowing nations to conduct unarmed surveillance flights over each other's territory to collect data on military forces.

November 22, 2020
This March 27, 2008, photo shows the Pentagon in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) **FILE**

Pentagon consolidates U.S. Army Europe, Africa Commands

U.S. Army Africa -- the Army's service component of U.S. Africa Command -- will be folded into the command structure of U.S. Army Europe to become a new command -- U.S. Army Europe and Africa (USAREUR-AF,) Pentagon officials announced Friday.

November 20, 2020
FILE — This March 27, 2008 file photo shows the Pentagon in Washington. Defense officials say a Trump loyalist and former Fox News commentator has been moved in to the Pentagons top policy job, just a few months after he failed to get through Senate confirmation because of offensive remarks he made, including about Islam. Officials say Anthony Tata, a retired Army one-star general, will be performing the duties of the undersecretary for defense policy. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Anthony Tata, Pentagon policy chief, has COVID-19

Anthony Tata, a retired Army general now in the top policy job at the Pentagon, has tested positive for the coronavirus following a recent visit to Washington, D.C. by Lithuania's defense minister, officials said late Thursday.

November 20, 2020
A marine stands in front of an helicopter during a drill at a military base in Stefanovikio, central Greece on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020. Army aviation forces from Greece and the United States are taking part in a live-fire exercise with attack helicopters, marking deepening defense ties between the two countries. (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis)

U.S. military ranked ‘marginal’ as Russia and China expands their forces

As near-peer adversaries like Russia and China rapidly upgrade their military capabilities, last year's defense budget pumped more than $730 billion into the Pentagon's coffers. But that windfall didn't prevent the U.S. military from being labeled as "marginal" in a study just released by a Washington, D.C. think tank.

November 17, 2020
In this undated video grab provided by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, A Russian submariner looks in periscope during a naval exercise in the Bering Sea. The Russian navy has conducted massive war games near Alaska involving dozens of ships and aircraft, the biggest such drills in the area since Soviet times. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

Russia to build new base in Sudan

About a month after the U.S. government announced plans to remove Sudan from its list of state sponsors of terrorism, Russian officials said they will build a new naval base in the country to support its ships operating in northeast Africa.

November 16, 2020