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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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Ukrainian soldiers ride a tank, on a road in Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told state-controlled RT television and the RIA Novosti news agency that Russia has expanded its "special military operation" from eastern Ukraine's Donetsk and Luhansk provinces to include the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions and other captured territories. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

U.S. steps up rocket shipments to Ukraine amid intense fighting in Donbas region

The U.S. is shipping four additional HIMARS launchers to Ukraine as part of its latest package of military assistance to counter Russia. It will include artillery ammunition and rockets and be the 16th drawdown of firepower from the Pentagon's own inventory since last August. Ukraine will have 16 HIMARS from the U.S. and four more rocket launchers from other allied countries.

July 20, 2022
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin listens to a question during a media briefing at the Pentagon, Wednesday, July 20, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Pentagon chief Austin pledges more firepower to Ukraine for Russia fight

The United States is shipping four additional rocket launchers to Ukraine as part of the latest package of military assistance to counter Russia's five-month-long invasion, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Wednesday following a virtual meeting of officials from more than 30 allied countries assisting Ukraine in the fight.

July 20, 2022
In this photo provided by South Korea Defense Ministry, U.S. and South Korea Air Force fighter jets fly in formation during a joint drill on Tuesday, June, 7, 2022. The South Korean and U.S. militaries flew 20 fighter jets over South Korea's western sea Tuesday in a continued show of force as a senior U.S. official warned of a forceful response if North Korea goes ahead with its first nuclear test explosion in nearly five years. (South Korea Defense Ministry via AP) **FILE**

South Korea flies first homegrown supersonic jet fighter

South Korea joined an exclusive club this week when its KF-21 Boramae fighter jet took to the sky for the first time. It is now one of the few countries to have developed and successfully flown a homegrown advanced supersonic fighter.

July 20, 2022
A Ukrainian serviceman looks at a crater and damaged school after Russian shelling in a residential area in Chuhuiv, Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Saturday, July 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Ukraine’s defense chief says Russia should be given terrorist tag

The United States has officially designated the governments of Syria, Iran, North Korea and Cuba as state sponsors of international terrorism. On Tuesday, Ukraine's defense minister said Russia's actions on the battlefield following their invasion almost five months ago justify adding the Kremlin to the list.

July 19, 2022
In this photo released by Defense Visual Information Distribution Service, Lt. Amanda Lee is shown. The U.S. Navy's Blue Angels flying squadron have named a woman as a demonstration pilot for the first time. Lt. Amanda Lee, of Mounds View, Minnesota, was announced Monday, July 18, 2022, as a pilot assigned to the the “Gladiators” of Strike Fighter Squadron 106. She is a 2013 graduate of Old Dominion University, the Blue Angels said in a Facebook post announcing its 2023 officer selections. (CPO Paul Archer/DVIDS U.S. Navy via AP)

Navy selects first female pilot for Blue Angels acrobatic team

A female pilot will be performing thrilling aerobatic maneuvers like the Diamond Dirty Loop and the Delta Roll as a member of the Navy's famed Blue Angels flight demonstration team for the first time since the group was created in 1946.

July 19, 2022
This handout photo taken from video released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Monday, July 18, 2022, shows Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, listening during a meeting during inspection of the Vostok battlegroup at an undisclosed location. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service photo via AP)

Russian minister says U.S. missiles a prime target in Ukraine bombing campaign

Russia's defense minister told his generals that knocking out Ukraine's long-range missiles supplied by the U.S. and other NATO allies should be their priority, indicating that Moscow believes weapons, such as the American-made M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, are playing a critical role on the battlefield.

July 18, 2022
A Ukrainian platoon commander talks to soldiers in their position in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, July 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Russian troop advances stall following attacks in Donbas region

Russian troops in the disputed Donbas region of Ukraine have achieved "no significant territorial advances" over the last 72 hours, despite having launched a number of artillery strikes across a broad front and assaults by platoon and company-sized units onto the battlefield to gauge Ukrainian resistance, British intelligence officials said Thursday.

July 14, 2022
In this photo provided by U.S. Navy, Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold (DDG 65) conducts routine underway operations in the Philippines Sea on June 24, 2022. The U.S. Navy on Wednesday, July 13, 2022, sailed the destroyer close to China-controlled islands in the South China Sea in what Washington said was a patrol aimed at asserting freedom of navigation through the strategic seaway. (Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Arthur Rosen/U.S. Navy via AP) ** FILE **

Navy sends destroyer through disputed waters near China

The Navy is dismissing Chinese claims that it had "driven away" a U.S. warship operating near a set of disputed islands in the South China Sea, the latest development in a tense region where such international standoffs are becoming increasingly frequent.

July 13, 2022
In this May 23, 2011, photo, a launch truck fires the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) produced by Lockheed Martin during combat training in the high desert of the Yakima Training Center, Wash. U.S. officials will send another $450 million in military aid to Ukraine, including some additional medium-range rocket systems. The latest package will include a number of High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, or HIMARS. (Tony Overman/The Olympian via AP) **FILE**

Ukraine says U.S.-made HIMARS rockets are a game-changer

Ukraine now has eight U.S.-made HIMARS (High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems) to help fight off Russian invaders and will be receiving four more as part of a just-announced $400 million military aid package.

July 11, 2022