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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

Defense Secretary Mark Esper speaks during a joint news conference with Japan's Defense Minister Taro Kono at the Pentagon in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Stars and Stripes: From the front lines to the chopping block?

Union soldiers in the Civil War requisitioned the local printing press after they captured the town of Bloomfield, Missouri, in November 1861 and quickly produced the first edition of a newspaper they called The Stars and Stripes. It was to be a journal for the troops by the troops, they said.

September 4, 2020
In this July 10, 2020, file photo Defense Secretary Mark Esper speaks during a briefing at U.S. Southern Command in Doral, Fla. Mr. Esper delivered remarks at Pearl Harbor on Sept. 2, 2020, to mark the 7th anniversary of the end of World War II when representatives of the Empire of Japan signed formal surrender papers aboard the USS Missouri. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File) **FILE**

Defense Secretary Esper in Hawaii honors end of WWII

In a ceremony in the waters off Pearl Harbor, Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper on Wednesday compared the Allies' struggle against Imperial Japan and Nazi Germany to challenges the United States and its allies face today.

September 2, 2020
In this Aug. 15, 2020, photo, signed surrender documents from World War II are shown on the USS Missouri Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Some veterans and government officials will gather Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020, in Hawaii to mark the 75th anniversary of the surrender. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones)

VJ Day celebration goes virtual due to pandemic

World War II ended 75 years ago when representatives of Japan - the last hold-out of the defeated Axis Powers - signed the surrender document in Tokyo Bay aboard the U.S.S. Missouri.

September 2, 2020
In this April 2, 2014, file photo, members of the media wait outside of the Bernie Beck Gate, an entrance to the Fort Hood military base in Fort Hood, Texas. (AP Photo/Tamir Kalifa, File) **FILE**

Top leadership shake-up at Fort Hood

The Army two-star general who had been picked for a prestigious assignment as a division commander will instead remain in his current position at troubled Fort Hood, Army officials said Tuesday, while a new acting commander for the Texas base takes charge this week.

September 1, 2020
In this file photo, flowers decorate a fence outside of Fort Hood's east gate on Sunday, April 6, 2014, in Killeen, Texas, in honor of those killed and wounded in the Fort Hood shooting on April 2. (AP Photo/ Tamir Kalifa) **FILE**

Fort Hood review committee begins two-week investigation

A civilian review committee arrived at Fort Hood over the weekend to launch a two week fact-finding mission intended to determine whether the "command climate and culture" at the sprawling post in central Texas reflects the Army's stated values.

August 31, 2020

Crash with U.S. Army vehicle kills four South Koreans

A civilian sports utility vehicle rear-ended a U.S. Army armored personnel carrier near the border with North Korea, killing four South Koreans who were inside, Stars & Stripes reported Monday.

August 31, 2020
The fireplace of the Nature Lodge Museum and Store at Big Basin Redwoods State Park stands among the devastation Friday, Aug. 28, 2020, in Boulder Creek, Calif., wrought by the CZU August Lightning Complex, which destroyed nearly all buildings and burned thousands of trees at the park. (Shmuel Thaler/The Santa Cruz Sentinel via AP)

Army troops battle a new enemy: wildfires

Military troops are putting down their rifles and picking up axes and shovels to join the fight against dozens of wildfires that are burning across the western United States, officials said.

August 30, 2020
In this Dec. 9, 2019, file photo, Rep. John Ratcliffe, R-Texas, during the House impeachment inquiry hearings in Washington. (Doug Mills/The New York Times via AP, Pool) **FILE**

John Ratcliff accuses Congress of leaking of classified info

Accusing members of Congress of leaking classified information "within minutes" of receiving it, the Direction of National Intelligence on Sunday defended his decision to primarily rely on written security reports rather than in-person briefings in the future.

August 30, 2020