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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

The American and Chinese flags wave at Genting Snow Park ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics on Feb. 2, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)

Still No. 1: China remains primary U.S. threat in Biden defense strategy blueprint

Eight months after Russia's invasion of Ukraine that has produced the biggest military conflagration in Europe since World War II, the Biden administration on Thursday rolled out the unclassified version of its 2022 National Defense Strategy (NDS) that still points to China, not Russia, as the country's No. 1 military challenge and primary strategic competitor.

October 27, 2022
Jennifer-Ruth Green, the Republican candidate for Indiana's 1st Congressional District and an U.S. Air Force veteran poses for a photo Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022, in Gary, Ind. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)

Air Force confirms leak of personnel records of GOP House candidate

The Air Force late Wednesday confirmed that private details from the service record of a Republican veteran running to unseat an incumbent House Democrat in next month's midterm elections were passed to a third party by someone who did not obtain permission for the release.

October 27, 2022
Jennifer-Ruth Green, the Republican candidate for Indiana's 1st Congressional District and an U.S. Air Force veteran listens to business owners during a roundtable meeting Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022, in Gary, Ind. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)

Lawmakers demand answers over leaked Air Force records of GOP House candidate

A Republican Air Force veteran making a strong bid to unseat an incumbent House Democrat in next month's midterm elections says her political opponents leaked information to the press about her sexual assault while serving in Iraq, and now two GOP House members say they want more answers from the Defense Department about what happened.

October 26, 2022
Chinese People's Liberation Army Airforce's "Bayi Aerobatic Unit" J-10 fighter jets taxi in formation after landing at a base of the PLA Airforce's 24th Division in Yangcun, Tianjin, China, Tuesday, April 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)

Ex-Marine Corps aviator suspected of training Chinese pilots

A former Marine Corps fighter pilot is facing extradition to the U.S. after his arrest in Australia last week as part of an apparent international crackdown on China's recruitment of Western aviators with military experience.

October 26, 2022
The damaged Tawakal hotel is seen after it was attacked by militants in the port city of Kismayo, in southern Somalia, Monday, Oct. 24, 2022. At least eight people were killed after militants stormed the hotel Sunday, an attack that started with a suicide bombing before gunmen forcibly entered and exchanged fire with security forces. (AP Photo)

U.S. launches airstrike on Africa-based terror group

The U.S. military over the weekend launched an airstrike against fighters with the al-Shabaab terror group who were attacking forces from the Somali National Army, U.S. Africa Command said Tuesday.

October 25, 2022
In this photo provided by the Revolutionary Guard's Ground Force Oct. 17, 2022, troops stand while attending a manoeuver in northwestern Iran. As protests rage at home, Iran's theocratic government is increasingly flexing its military muscle abroad. That includes supplying drones to Russia that now kill Ukrainian civilians, running drills in a border region with Azerbaijan and bombing Kurdish positions in Iraq. (Iranian Revolutionary Guard's Ground Force via AP, File)

Iran staging war games near Iraq

Iran is staging military maneuvers that are expected to last three days in a northwestern province bordering Iraq's Kurdish-controlled territory, according to media reports on Monday.

October 24, 2022