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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

A Marine CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter flies during training at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024. A Marine Corps helicopter, like the one pictured, that had been missing with five troops aboard as a historic storm continued drenching California was found Wednesday morning, Feb. 7, 2024, in a mountainous area outside San Diego. The military confirmed on Thursday morning that the five Marines have died. (K.C. Alfred/The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP)

Marines identify 5 killed in helicopter crash

The Marine Corps on Friday released the names of the five Marines who died Tuesday when their CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter crashed in California during a training flight.

February 9, 2024
Houthi fighters stage a rally against the U.S. government designating Houthis as a terror group and against the U.S.-led sustained airstrikes on Yemen, near Sanaa, Yemen, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. (AP Photo /Osamah Abdulrahman )

Top U.S. intel agency offers evidence of Iran-Houthi ties on drones, missiles

Iran has cultivated a close relationship with Yemen's Houthi rebels for nearly a decade and has emerged as the primary supplier of the missiles and drones it is using to attack commercial ship traffic in the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea, the Defense Intelligence Agency said in a new report.

February 7, 2024
In this Jan. 25, 2020, file photo, U.S. Army Sgt. Juan Dominguez prepares his rucksack inside the barracks on Tolemaida Air Base, in Colombia. Members of the Army's 82nd Airborne Division from Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, which is based in D.C. and typically guards the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, were mobilized last month to respond to massive protests over the treatment of Black Americans and systemic issues of police brutality. (AP Photo/Sarah Blake Morgan, File)

Lawmakers grill Pentagon officials about ‘disgusting’ barracks conditions

Military recruits don't expect to live in the Taj Mahal when they enlist. But they also don't expect to be assigned to spend their free time in filthy barracks with vermin-infested rooms, broken air conditioners and patches of mold on the wall. But all too often, that is the case in the U.S. armed forces these days, lawmakers said Wednesday.

February 7, 2024
Pentagon spokesman Air Force Maj. Gen. Patrick Ryder, speaks during a briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

U.S. not planning endless campaign in Iraq, Syria, Yemen

Pentagon officials won't say how long they intend to continue striking Iran-backed proxy forces in Iraq, Syria and Yemen, but insist they haven't planned for an open-ended campaign and don't want to see the fighting escalate.

February 6, 2024
An Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile launches during an operational test at 1:13 A.M. PDT, Sept. 7, 2022, at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif. ICBM test launches demonstrate that the U.S. ICBM fleet is relevant, essential and key to leveraging dominance in an era of strategic competition. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ryan Quijas) ** FILE **

Air Force sticks by Sentinel missile program despite cost overruns

The Air Force insists it is standing by its ambitious plan to replace all 450 of its Cold War-era Minuteman III missiles with the LGM-35A Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile, despite massive cost overruns that breached expected guidelines by such a huge margin last month that they triggered an official notification to Congress.

February 5, 2024
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin takes question from reporter during a Pentagon press briefing at the Pentagon on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Meeting the press, Secretary Austin apologizes for concealing health woes

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin acknowledged Thursday he was "shaken" by a prostate cancer diagnosis in early December, but issued a string of apologies for concealing his health issues from the president and the American people in his first public media briefing since the furor broke last month.

February 1, 2024
Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban, right, shakes hands with Austria's Chancellor Karl Nehammer, left, next to European Parliament President Roberta Metsola during a round table meeting at an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024. European Union leaders meet in Brussels for a one day summit to discuss the revision of the Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027, including support for Ukraine. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

EU approves $54 billion package for Ukraine, overcoming Hungarian opposition

The European Union agreed Thursday to provide Ukraine with a major financial support package to help bolster an economy that has been ravaged by two years of fighting against Russian invaders, with lone holdout Hungary unexpectedly dropping its opposition to the move at the last minute.

February 1, 2024
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg walks through the U.S. Capitol between meetings with Republican and Democratic leaders, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

NATO chief makes pitch to U.S. conservatives on more aid for Ukraine

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg made the rounds with Pentagon officials and congressional leaders during a quick Washington visit this week to rally support for a new aid package for Ukraine in its nearly two-year war to repel Russian invaders. But on Wednesday, the NATO chief may have faced his most skeptical audience at the conservative Heritage Foundation think tank.

January 31, 2024