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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

In this March 30, 2020, file photo, the U.S. Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort is escorted up the Hudson River on its way to New York City. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens) ** FILE **

USNS Comfort hospital ship to leave New York City by May

The USNS Comfort will pull up anchor by the end of the month after spending more than three weeks in New York City's harbor with the majority of its hospital beds empty during the coronavirus pandemic, Pentagon officials confirmed Friday.

April 24, 2020
In this Tuesday, April 14, 2020 file photo, a view of a cell tower after a fire, in Dagenham, England. Dozens of European cell towers have been destroyed in recent arson attacks that officials and wireless companies say are fueled by groundless conspiracy theories linking new 5G mobile networks and the coronavirus pandemic. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP)

Pentagon, FCC clash over 5G network plan

The Federal Communications Commission's decision this week to approve a 5G high-speed information network from Ligado, a Virginia-based satellite communications company, has sparked an open clash of wills among President Trump's senior Cabinet advisers.

April 23, 2020
In this file photo released Wednesday, April 22, 2020, by Sepahnews, Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh, the head of the Revolutionary Guard's aerospace division, stands in front of an Iranian rocket carrying a satellite in an undisclosed site believed to be in Iran's Semnan province. The Guard said Wednesday it put the Islamic Republic's first military satellite into orbit, dramatically unveiling what experts described as a secret space program with a surprise launch that came amid wider tensions with the United States. (Sepahnews via AP) ** FILE **

Trump ‘shoot down’ tweet, Iran satellite launch increase tensions

Iran ratcheted up tensions with its neighbors and with the U.S. Wednesday with the successful launch of its first-ever military satellite, even as Tehran pleads for U.S. sanctions relief and help from the international community to help battle one of the world's worst coronavirus outbreaks.

April 22, 2020
In this March 19, 2020, photo laboratory scientist Andrea Luquette cultures coronavirus to prepare for testing at U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command at Fort Detrick in Frederick, Md., where scientists are working to help develop solutions to prevent, detect and treat the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) **FILE**

Army aids push for virus vaccine, cheaper ventilators

The Army is actively testing coronavirus vaccine prototypes in small animals before moving to trials on humans. The Walter Reed Army Institute of Research has produced three distinct vaccines and Army officials will select the most promising to move forward.

April 16, 2020
NORTH ARABIAN GULF (April 15, 2020) Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) vessels conducted unsafe and unprofessional actions against U.S. Military ships by crossing the ships’ bows and sterns at close range while operating in international waters of the North Arabian Gulf. The guided-missile destroyer USS Paul Hamilton (DDG 60) is conducting joint interoperability operations in support of maritime security in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo) ** FILE **

Iran ships make ‘harassing’ maneuvers at U.S. ships

Nearly a dozen boats from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy made several "dangerous and harassing approaches" to U.S. warships conducting joint operations with Army attack helicopters in international waters, officials with the U.S. 5th Fleet said Wednesday.

April 15, 2020