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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

Army Spc. Tristan Spoerri, with the Utah National Guard Medical Detachment, administers the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to a soldier on Camp Williams, Utah, Sept. 11, 2021. The Department of Defense ordered mandatory vaccinations to protect the Force and ensure their readiness to defend the American people. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Spc. Alejandro Lucero)

No pay for Guard, Reserve troops who refuse COVID-19 vaccine, Army says

Even as the Army struggles to fill its ranks during the most severe military recruiting downturn in years, thousands of troops in the Army National Guard and Army Reserve who refuse the COVID-19 vaccine are being told this week they won't receive pay or retirement credit for future federally funded drills.

July 7, 2022
Russian troops guard an entrance of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Station, a run-of-river power plant on the Dnieper River in Kherson region, south Ukraine, Friday, May 20, 2022. The Kherson region has been under control of the Russian forces since the early days of the Russian military action in Ukraine. This photo was taken during a trip organized by the Russian Ministry of Defense. (AP Photo, File)

Russian prisoners recruited to fight in Ukraine

It may sound like something straight out of "The Dirty Dozen," but the Kremlin reportedly is offering convicts a "Get Out of Jail Free" card if they're willing to fight for Russia in Ukraine.

July 6, 2022
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese astronauts from left Cai Xuzhe, Chen Dong and Liu Yang, right, wave as they attend a press conference for the upcoming Shenzhou-14 mission at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China on Saturday, June 4, 2022. China is preparing to launch a new three-person mission to complete work on its permanent orbiting space station, the country's China Manned Space Agency said Saturday. (Cai Yang/Xinhua via AP)

NASA chief warns against China’s moon program

More than 50 years after Neil Armstrong stepped off Apollo 11's lunar module onto the Sea of Tranquility, NASA administrator Bill Nelson says the U.S. is in another "space race." This time with China, which the U.S. space chief said has made no secret that its ambitions are not limited to earthly influence and power.

July 5, 2022
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, coloured smoke mark the launch ceremony for China's third aircraft carrier christened Fujian at a dry dock in Shanghai on Friday, June 17, 2022. China on Friday launched its third aircraft carrier, the first such ship to be both designed and built entirely within the country. (Li Gang/Xinhua via AP)

Latest Chinese carrier sign of stepped-up challenge to U.S., allies

When China's first domestically designed and built aircraft carrier slid into the water last month at a shipyard outside Shanghai, it was seen as a symbol of Beijing's fast-growing military might and ambition to develop a "blue water" navy capable of operating far beyond its own shores.

July 2, 2022
A local resident walks next to a house destroyed in a Russian shelling in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, Wednesday, May 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Andriy Andriyenko)

Hotly contested ‘Snake Island’ back in Ukraine’s hands

Russian forces on Thursday left Snake Island, a strategic Black Sea outpost made famous in the early stages of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine when defenders tersely and profanely rejected an attacking warship's demand to surrender. The incident became a symbol of Ukrainian defiance in the face of what at the time seemed overwhelming odds.

June 30, 2022
Law enforcement officers lead a procession for Hershel W. “Woody” Williams, the last remaining Medal of Honor recipient from World War II, Wednesday, June 28, 2022, in Huntington, W.Va. Williams, 98, died Wednesday at the Veterans Affairs medical center bearing his name in Huntington. As a young Marine corporal, Williams went ahead of his unit during the Battle of Iwo Jima in the Pacific Ocean in February 1945 and eliminated a series of Japanese machine-gun positions. (Sholten Singer/The Herald-Dispatch via AP)

Last World War II Medal of Honor recipient dies

Hershel "Woody" Williams, the last survivor among 473 servicemen awarded the Medal of Honor for battlefield bravery in World War II, died Wednesday while surrounded by family at the VA Medical Center in West Virginia that bears his name.

June 29, 2022
The LAV-25 (Light Armored Vehicle) is an eight-wheeled amphibious armored reconnaissance vehicle used by the United States Marine Corps, United States Army, and the Canadian Army. It was built by General Dynamics Land Systems Canada, developed from the Canadian built AVGP versions of the Swiss MOWAG Piranha 6x6 family of armored fighting vehicles. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. John Robbart III)

Army awards contract for new light tank to General Dynamics

The Army wants a light tank for infantry brigades that will be able to knock out bunkers and defeat enemy armored vehicles. On Tuesday, it awarded a $1.14 billion contract to General Dynamics Land Systems for the defense giant's Mobile Protected Firepower (MPF) program -- the Army's first new design vehicle fielded in more than four decades.

June 28, 2022
Texas Rep. Michael McCaul, (third from the left) ranking Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, speaks on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, June 28, 2022. (Image courtesy of Rep. Michael McCaul's office)

McCaul backs IG in clash with State Department over Afghan probe

A top GOP lawmaker accused the State Department of obstructing the work of a congressionally-mandated watchdog in a bid to cover up for the Biden administration's failures during the calamitous withdrawal from Afghanistan In the summer of 2021.

June 28, 2022