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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.

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In this Monday, March 9, 2020, photo released by the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), a Russian Tu-142 maritime reconnaissance aircraft, top right, is intercepted near the Alaska coastline. U.S. and Canadian aircraft intercepted and escorted two Russian jets that flew over the Beaufort Sea near the Alaska coastline, military officials said Tuesday. The Russian Tu-142 maritime reconnaissance aircraft were escorted by F-22 and CF-18 planes, the North American Aerospace Defense Command said in a release. The Russian jets never left international airspace during the duration of the four-hour flight on Monday, but did come within 50 miles of the Alaska coast. (North American Aerospace Defense Command via AP) ** FILE **

Russian aircraft intercepted approaching U.S. airspace

After Russian reconnaissance aircraft came within 45 miles of the coast of Alaska on Saturday, the commanding general of the joint U.S.-Canada North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) said they are seeing repeated incursions into the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone, known as ADIZ.

March 14, 2020
This photo released by the government-affiliated Media Security Cell on Thursday, March 12, 2020, shows a rocket-rigged truck launcher after a rocket attack on Camp Taji, a few miles north of Baghdad, in Rashidiya, A barrage of rockets hit a base housing U.S. and other coalition troops north of Baghdad, Iraqi security officials said Saturday, March 14, just days after a similar attack killed three servicemen, including two Americans. (Media Security Cell via AP)

Coalition troops wounded in rocket attack in Iraq

A military base north of Baghdad was struck by a barrage of rockets Saturday morning, less than a week after it was hit in a strike that killed two American service members there.

March 14, 2020
Social distancing at The Pentagon. Photo: Mike Glenn/The Washington Times

Defense Department grapples with coronavirus logistics

At high-level staff meetings these days at the Pentagon, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark A. Milley are careful to position themselves six feet apart at minimum. At least they're in the same room.

March 10, 2020
F-35C Lightning IIs, attached to the Grim Reapers of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 101, and F/A-18E/F Super Hornets attached to the Naval Aviation Warfighter Development Center (NAWDC) fly over Naval Air Station Fallon's (NASF) Range Training Complex near Fallon, Nevada, Sept. 3, 2015. (Lt. Cmdr. Darin Russell/U.S. Navy via AP) ** FILE **

U.S. leads in international arms trade while Russia falls

The U.S. share of the international arms trade has grown dramatically in recent years. From 2015-2019, the nation's export of military hardware amounted to a 76 percent increase over Russia, the world's second-largest arms exporter.

March 9, 2020
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2 U.S. troops killed in Iraq battle

DEVELOPING: A pair of U.S. military advisers died Sunday in a firefight against ISIS forces in a mountainous area in north central Iraq, according to officials from Operation Inherent Resolve.

March 9, 2020