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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

U.S Naval Academy midshipmen stand at attention for the national anthem during the academy's graduation and commissioning ceremony, Friday, May 24, 2019, in Annapolis, Md. (AP Photo/Will Newton) **FILE**

Midshipmen to return to U.S. Naval Academy for fall semester

U.S.N.A. leaders recently decided to return the Brigade of Midshipmen to Annapolis for the fall semester in a combination of in-person and virtual learning. As a key source of Navy officers, the Naval Academy was designated as being mission essential by Secretary of Defense Mark Esper.

August 9, 2020
M72 LAW ANTI-TANK WEAPON - A Marine with Company A, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s (MEU) Ground Combat Element, fires an M72A7 rocket launcher during a familiarization course. This course offered Marines the opportunity to experience firing shoulder fired rocket launchers, Oct. 23, 2017. The 15th MEU is embarked on the America Amphibious Ready Group and is deployed to maintain regional security in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Timothy Valero/Released)

Marine Corps upgrades Light Anti-tank Weapon

An anti-tank rocket first used by American troops fighting in the jungles of Vietnam is slated to get a second life with upgrades expected to make it more lethal yet safer for the U.S. service members squeezing the trigger.

August 5, 2020
In this file photo taken Jan. 12, 2017, welcomed in Zagan, Poland, first U.S. troops are arriving at the Zagan base in western Poland as part of the deterrence force of some 1,000 troops to be based here and reassure Poland that is worried about Russia's activity. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski) ** FILE **

U.S. to send about 1,000 troops to Poland per agreement

Part of the U.S. Army's recently reactivated V Corps headquarters will be sent to Poland while other U.S. military organizations in Europe are being shifted out of Germany, as the Pentagon moved quickly to implement President Trump's shake-up of U.S. forces on the continent.

August 3, 2020
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo appears during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the State Department's 2021 budget on Capitol Hill Thursday, July 30, 2020, in Washington. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP) **FILE**

Pompeo: TikTok a national security threat

Chinese-controlled social media apps like TikTok are feeding information directly to the Chinese Communist Party and their national security apparatus, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday on Fox News Channel.

August 2, 2020
In this file photo, Secretary of the Army Ryan McCarthy, left, accompanied by Gen. James McConville, Chief of Staff of the Army, right, speaks at a news conference at U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command at Fort Detrick in Frederick, Md., Thursday, March 19, 2020. Gen. McConville (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) **FILE**

As their numbers are reduced in Europe, the Army plans for new missions in the Pacific

The Army wants to have a major role in the hotly-contested Indo-Pacific region, an area more traditionally thought of as within the Navy's domain. The service is looking for potential locations to base long-range precision weapons that would be used by one of its new units combining the power of cannons and missiles along with cyber attacks, the Army Chief of Staff said Friday.

July 31, 2020
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo wears a face mask as he leaves after a news conference at the State Department Tuesday, July 28, 2020, in Washington. (Brendan Smialowski/Pool via AP) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

U.S. pledges to back Australia in the face of rising Chinese pressure

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday lashed out at the Chinese government for threatening an economic boycott of Australia as a means to sow discord with the United States, as senior U.S. and Australian officials met in Washington to discuss rising tensions in the region.

July 28, 2020
This Jan. 4, 2020, photo shows a sign for at Fort Bragg, N.C. The fight over removing the names of Confederate generals from U.S. Army bases, like Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, has become a national debate. (AP Photo/Chris Seward) **FILE**

Army supply officer will spend two years in jail for stealing from Green Beret unit

A former supply officer assigned to a U.S. Army Special Forces company in North Carolina stole more than 40 high-tech night-vision goggles from the unit -- valued at more than $500,000 -- and planned to sell them to a local military surplus store, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina.

July 27, 2020