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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 Aug. 5, 2019, photo released by the U.S. Air Force, an F-35 fighter jet pilot and crew prepare for a mission at Al-Dhafra Air Base in the United Arab Emirates. (Staff Sgt. Chris Thornbury/U.S. Air Force via AP) **FILE**

Israel unease on F-35 sales to UAE tests Trump Mideast breakthrough

The U.S.-brokered normalization accord between Israel and the United Arab Emirates last month -- the first such accord with an Arab state in decades -- has been accompanied by a push from the UAE to buy Lockheed Martin's state-of-the-art F-35 Lightning II fighter jets for its military.

October 11, 2020
In this March 25, 2015, photo, U.S. Army soldiers from the 25th Infantry Division's 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team and South Korean soldiers take their positions during a demonstration of the combined arms live-fire exercise as part of the annual joint military exercise between South Korea and the United States at the Rodriquez Multi-Purpose Range Complex in Pocheon, north of Seoul, South Korea. The South Korean and U.S. militaries have postponed on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020, their annual joint drills out of concerns over a virus outbreak. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man) **FILE**

Army signs $1.2 billion Stryker air defense deal

The Army awarded a $1.2 billion contract for a fleet of Stryker combat vehicles specifically equipped to counter unmanned aerial systems along with a range of other aircraft, officials with General Dynamics Land Systems announced.

October 6, 2020
FILE - In this July 27, 2019 file photo, Admiral Craig Faller, commander of U.S. Southern Command, speaks with the news media following a commissioning ceremony for the U.S. Navy's guided missile destroyer, the USS Paul Ignatius, at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Faller said on Monday, Aug. 19, 2019 that military officials are focusing on preparing for "the day after" once "isolated" Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro leaves power. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File) **FiLE**

U.S. sees threat to Western Hemisphere security in Chinese fishing push

It may seem a minor concern when compared to the violent transnational criminal organizations who move $90 billion worth of illegal narcotics through the region every year, but U.S. military officials say the practice of illegal fishing is destabilizing communities across Latin and South America and has become a growing security problem.

October 5, 2020
This March 27, 2008, file photo shows the Pentagon in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File) ** FILE **

Pentagon watching COVID-19 effect on suicide rates in military

The number of U.S. military members who took their own life was down slightly in 2019 compared to the previous two years, Pentagon officials said during the release of the Department of Defense Annual Suicide Report, amid concerns the number may have turned up in the trying first three quarters of 2020.

October 1, 2020
The Pentagon

Pentagon awards $20 million to increase production of COVID-19 medicines

The Department of Defense signed a $20 million deal with a Maryland-based pharmaceutical company to develop a domestic production line for critical ingredients used to treat COVID-19 patients that have long been sourced from overseas, Pentagon officials announced Monday.

September 28, 2020
This March 27, 2008, file photo shows the Pentagon in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File) ** FILE **

Delbert D. Black is namesake of Navy’s latest warship

The USS Delbert D. Black (DDG 119) was commissioned Saturday at Port Canaveral, Fla. The ceremony was a private event due to health and safety concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic, Navy officials said.

September 27, 2020
World War II aircraft fly over the World War II Memorial in Washington, Friday, May 8, 2015, in honor of the 70th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day (VE Day), during the "Arsenal of Democracy: World War II Victory Capitol Flyover." The Flyover above the National Mall features historically sequenced formations of more than 50 vintage World War II aircraft. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Vintage WWII aircraft flyover of D.C. scrubbed due to weather

A commemorative program that would have sent about 60 World War II-era fighters and bombers soaring over a section of Washington, D.C. has been scrubbed for the day, organizers of the Arsenal of Democracy Flyover announced Friday.

September 25, 2020
The lineup includes the Spitfires and Hurricanes that defended England during 1940s Battle of Britain and a pair of B-29 Superfortresses similar to the Enola Gay, which dropped the first atomic bomb on Japan in August 1945. (Image from Facebook.com/ww2flyover\)

‘Arsenal of Democracy Flyover’ of National Mall set for Friday

Washingtonians and tourists who turn to the skies late Friday morning on the National Mall may be excused if they think they've somehow been recruited as extras in a World War II movie, as dozens of historic fighter planes and bombers take flight to mark the 75th anniversary of the war's end.

September 24, 2020
In this file photo, Secretary of Defense Mark T. Esper speaks before a meeting with Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz, at the Pentagon, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

Mark Esper: Don’t pay for COVID-19 on the back of the Pentagon

The Pentagon needs an annual growth rate of three to five percent and no repeat of automatic budget cuts in order to implement the National Defense Strategy and compete effectively with the People's Republic of China in the coming years, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said Thursday while answering questions during a virtual town hall meeting with service members.

September 24, 2020