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Mike Glenn

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

Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy: Pentagon nearly sent active duty troops to D.C. to quell riots

The Pentagon had no desire to deploy active duty troops to Washington last week to quell rioting over George Floyd's death on Memorial Day in Minneapolis, military officials said Sunday.

June 7, 2020

Martin Dempsey, ex-Joint Chiefs chairman, worries about military’s relationship with the people

Retired Gen. Martin Dempsey, a former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told Martha Raddatz on ABC's "This Week" that he and his peers joined the military in the days immediately after the Vietnam War. It was a time when the military transitioned from a conscript to all-volunteer force.

June 7, 2020

Army Secretary: Active duty troops heading back home from D.C.

The active-duty U.S. Army soldiers on standby outside of Washington amid the racial unrest following the death of George Floyd are being sent back to their permanent bases, Army Secretary Ryan D. McCarthy said Friday.

June 5, 2020

Trump orders Pentagon to slash number of U.S. troops stationed in Germany

President Trump wants a major reduction in the number of U.S. military personnel based in Germany and has ordered the Pentagon to cut thousands of troops by September, according to the Wall Street Journal.

June 5, 2020

James Mattis, John Kelly attacks on Trump drag military into partisan politics

In an extraordinary break with tradition, a slew of recently servicing senior brass -- capped by retired Marine Gen. James Mattis, Mr. Trump's ill-starred first secretary of defense -- have gone public with their criticisms of the commander in chief and their concerns he is dragging the military into partisan waters.

June 4, 2020

‘PepperBalls’ used to clear Lafayette Park before Trump visit also used by other police departments

The U.S. Park Police used "smoke canisters and pepper balls" rather than tear gas on June 1 to clear violent protesters from the area around Lafayette Park just prior to President Trump's impromptu visit to St. John's Church near the White House.

June 3, 2020

Mark Esper urges troops to remember Constitution, stay out of politics

Secretary of Defense Mark T. Esper on Tuesday reminded the troops that they must remain above politics -- especially as protests and rioting have broken out in cities across the nation following the May 25 death of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer.

June 2, 2020

Active duty troops in Washington, D.C., to respond to violence, Pentagon confirms

The Pentagon late Tuesday confirmed that about 1,600 active-duty Army soldiers are now in the Washington, D.C., area in what military officials called a "prudent planning measure" in response to the ongoing protests in the nation's capital.

June 2, 2020

Pentagon: Middle East assignments to be unaccompanied tours

U.S. military members assigned to Bahrain and Qatar are currently allowed to bring their families with them but that's about to change.

June 2, 2020

Donald Trump Insurrection Act talk spurs calls for military defiance

President Trump's idea to deploy active-duty military forces to quell increasingly violent riots in cities across the country has already sparked a sharp legal and constitutional clash.

June 2, 2020

Russia invites U.S. defense secretary to Moscow for parade

The Russian defense minister has invited his American counterpart to Moscow to attend a parade on Red Square marking the 75th anniversary of the defeat of the Nazis in World War II.

June 2, 2020

Greg Abbott: Texas doesn’t need U.S. military to keep peace

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Tuesday he doesn't want the U.S. military sent to his state to quell any rioting because such help isn't needed.

June 2, 2020

Kaleth O. Wright calls for justice and understanding amid protests and riots

In a striking and compelling Twitter thread, Kaleth O. Wright -- the Air Force's senior enlisted leader and an African American-- said his greatest fear was waking up to a report that a black airman has died at the hands of a white police officer.

June 2, 2020

Robert Wilkie: Veterans Affairs to move Nazi headstones

Headstones with Nazi imagery on the graves of German POWs at U.S. national cemeteries in Texas and Utah will be removed amid criticism that they are disrespectful to veterans who fought against them in World War II.

June 1, 2020

Edward Gallagher, Navy SEAL pardoned by Trump, sues The New York Times

A retired Navy SEAL whose rank and qualification pin were restored by order of President Trump accused military officials of leaking confidential court documents to a New York Times reporter last year during his high-profile war crimes trial in an effort to create a false narrative about the case and ultimately taint the jury pool.

June 1, 2020