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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

This photo released by the Israeli military on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023, shows ground operations inside the Gaza Strip. (Israel Defense Forces via AP)

Israeli forces close in on Gaza hospital where Hamas built its headquarters

Israeli forces were pushing their way into the heart of Gaza City on Friday, attempting to establish an armored cordon around the al-Shifa hospital, where the Palestinian militant group Hamas is believed to have built its command post above a maze of tunnels, officials said Friday.

November 10, 2023
An Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Friday, Nov. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

IDF: Thousands of Hamas weapons captured in Gaza fighting

Israel has struck more than 15,000 targets inside the Gaza Strip and seized over 6,000 weapons since it declared war against Hamas following the terror group's Oct. 7 rampage into southern Israel, where they killed more than 1,400 people, mostly civilians, and took hundreds of hostages.

November 10, 2023
Carroll Davis Jr., a United States Marine Corp veteran, and adjutant with the Disabled American Veterans Department of Mississippi, wears his "cover" decorated with DAV volunteer pins while being recognized at a Veterans Day Ceremony at the Two Mississippi Museums in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

On Veterans Day, going beyond ‘Thank you for your service’

Saying "Thank you for your service," after learning that someone served in the military has become commonplace, but many veterans say the phrase has become so rote that it's little more than a reflex statement, like saying "gesundheit" after someone sneezes.

November 9, 2023
A man sits on the rubble overlooking the debris of buildings that were targeted by Israeli airstrikes in the Jabaliya refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip, Nov. 1, 2023. The White House says Israel has agreed to put in place four-hour daily humanitarian pauses in its assault on Hamas in northern Gaza. (AP Photo/Abed Khaled) **FILE**

White House says Israel agrees to first pause in Gaza fighting

The White House said Thursday that Israel has agreed to daily four-hour pauses in its offensive against Hamas militants to allow trapped Palestinian residents in Gaza to escape the fighting and possibly also to accelerate talks to free hundreds of hostages still held by the group.

November 9, 2023
An MQ-9 Reaper, armed with GBU-12 Paveway II laser-guided munitions and AGM-114 Hellfire missiles, is piloted by Col. Lex Turner during a mission over southern Afghanistan. Iran-backed Houthi forces in Yemen shot down a U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drone operating in international airspace off the country's coast, a Defense Department official confirmed Wednesday. (USAF via Associated Press)

U.S. drone shot down by Houthi rebel forces in Yemen

Iran-backed Houthi forces in Yemen shot down a U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drone operating in international airspace off the country's coast, a Defense Department official confirmed Wednesday.

November 8, 2023
In this undated photo provided by the Israeli military, Israeli troops are seen during a ground operation in the Gaza Strip. Israeli ground forces have been operating in Gaza in recent days as Israel presses ahead with its war against Hamas militants. (Israel Defense Forces via AP)

Netanyahu: Israel to control security inside Gaza even after war with Hamas ends

Israel will control security in the Gaza Strip for an unspecified amount of time after the conclusion of its war against Hamas, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday in a clear sign that Jerusalem doesn't intend to permit a return to the status quo inside the Palestinian enclave for the foreseeable future.

November 7, 2023
In this photo released by the Israeli military on Sunday, Nov. 5, 2023, shows ground operation inside the Gaza Strip (Israel Defense Forces via AP)

An army versed in urban warfare confronts its toughest battle

Backed up by weeks of intense air strikes and heavy artillery barrages, Israeli armored columns are now pushing into Gaza City in what is expected to be the most difficult stage of its war against Hamas: a pitched battle against a determined enemy in a densely populated urban labyrinth.

November 6, 2023