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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. soldiers unload medical aid from the United States, including ventilators as a donation to help the country tackle the coronavirus outbreak, after a U.S. airforce plane landed at Vnukovo International Airport outside in Moscow on Thursday, June 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin) **FILE**

Pentagon completes 14th COVID-19 aeromedical evacuation

The Department of Defense has completed more than a dozen aeromedical evacuation missions to safely transport patients infected with COVID-19 in forward-deployed locations to hospitals in Europe or the United States.

June 22, 2020
In this image provided by the U.S. Navy, Capt. Brett Crozier, then-commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), addresses the crew on Jan. 17, 2020, in San Diego, Calif. In a stunning reversal, the Navy has upheld the firing of Crozier, the aircraft carrier captain who urged faster action to protect his crew from a coronavirus outbreak, according to a U.S. official. (Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Alexander Williams/U.S. Navy via AP)

Brett Crozier’s firing upheld by Navy

The U.S. Navy on Friday upheld the firing of Capt. Brett E. Crozier, who was relieved of his command aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt after a letter he wrote pleading for help for his coronavirus-stricken crew was leaked to the media.

June 19, 2020
Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, left, and Muhammed Tahir Siyala, Foreign Minister of Libya's internationally-recognized government, gspeak at the airport, in Tripoli, Libya, Wednesday, June 17, 2020.(Fatih Aktas/Turkish Foreign Ministry via AP, Pool)

U.S. absence in Libya civil war allows Turkey, Russia proxy fight

Libya's slow-burning civil war is boiling over once again as an expanding proxy war between Turkey and Russia, each of which is seeking greater influence in the oil-rich North African nation and across the region in the absence of a clear U.S. policy or role in the conflict.

June 18, 2020
In this photo taken from Russian Defense Ministry official website on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2015, a Russian SU-24M jet fighter prepares to take off from an airbase Hmeimim in Syria. (AP Photo/ Russian Defense Ministry Press Service) **FILE**

Russian jets now operating in Libya

At least 15 Russian combat aircraft are now operating in Libya to support Moscow-backed mercenary groups, U.S. military officials confirmed Thursday.

June 18, 2020
A pair of F-15C Eagles from the 18th Wing at Kadena Air Base, in Japan, take off from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson near Anchorage, Alaska, Tuesday, June 23, 2015, while participating in Northern Edge, a joint training exercise. (Bill Roth/Alaska Dispatch News via AP) ** FILE **

U.S. Air Force plane crashes into North Sea

Searchers have discovered the body of a U.S. Air Force fighter pilot who went down early Monday in the North Sea. The pilot was discovered after the wreckage of the F-15C Eagle was located.

June 15, 2020
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky arrive for a joint news conference in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday Jan. 31, 2020. (Kevin Lamarque/Pool via AP)

Defense Department announces $250M aid package for Ukraine

A $250 million security assistance package to Ukraine will provide them with training, equipment and advisory efforts to strengthen their capability to defend against Russian aggression, Department of Defense officials announced this week.

June 12, 2020
In this March 16, 2020, photo, Neal Browning receives a shot in the first-stage safety study clinical trial of a potential vaccine for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, at the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) **FILE**

Army says COVID-19 vaccine ready for human trials

After going through more than two dozen prototypes, Army researchers have selected a coronavirus vaccine candidate -- along with two backups -- to advance to the next stage of research.

June 12, 2020
In this file photo, Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Mike Gilday delivers remarks during the retirement ceremony in honor of Steffanie B. Easter, director of Navy Staff. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Raymond D. Diaz III/Released) **FILE**

Navy bans Confederate flag aboard ships

The U.S. Navy is banning the Confederate battle flag from public spaces aboard ships, aircraft and submarines as the country continues to grapple over questions about police abuse and racial equality.

June 9, 2020