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Mike Glenn

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.

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Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., listens during a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee oversight hearing to examine the Environmental Protection Agency, Wednesday, May 20, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Kevin Dietsch/Pool via AP) ** FILE **

Sen. Inhofe: Pentagon too focused on ‘woke’ training under Biden

Since President Biden took office, the Pentagon has dedicated nearly 6 million man-hours and more than $530,000 to spreading progressive social policies in the military, including a Defense Department-wide "extremism stand-down" in the ranks and a focus on diversity training that opponents have characterized as embodying the principles of critical race theory.

February 15, 2022
This booking photo released Oct. 9, 2021, by the West Virginia Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority shows Jonathan Toebbe. Toebbe has pleaded guilty to trying to pass information about American nuclear-powered warships to a foreign country. Toebbe pleaded guilty in federal court in Martinsburg, W.Va., to a single count of conspiracy to communicate restricted data. (West Virginia Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority via AP)

U.S. Navy nuclear engineer admits to spying in submarine case

As a Navy nuclear engineer, Jonathan Toebbe was entrusted with some of the nation's most closely guarded secrets. But now the Annapolis resident will likely spend at least a dozen years behind bars after admitting he tried to sell key technical information about U.S. submarines to a foreign country.

February 14, 2022
These booking photos released Oct. 9, 2021, by the West Virginia Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority show Jonathan Toebbe and his wife, Diana Toebbe. A plea hearing has been scheduled for a Navy nuclear engineer accused of trying to sell information about nuclear-powered warships to a foreign country. Jonathan Toebbe and his wife, Diana Toebbe, of Annapolis, Maryland, were arrested last October in West Virginia, and had pleaded not guilty to espionage-related charges that carry life in prison. (West Virginia Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority via AP, File)

Navy engineer pleads guilty in espionage case

A U.S. Navy nuclear engineer from Annapolis on Monday pleaded guilty in federal court to charges that he attempted to sell information about nuclear-powered submarines to a foreign country.

February 14, 2022
Oshkosh, Wis., Mayor Steve Cummings looks cover the JLTV following a press conference to announce that the United States Army has awarded Oshkosh Defense a $6.7 billion contract to build the Humvee's replacement, Oshkosh Corp's Joint Light Tactical Vehicle, or JLTV, in Oshkosh on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2015. (Wm.Glasheen /The Post-Crescent via AP) **FILE**

Army looking for new combat vehicles

The Army wants a new combat vehicle and is willing to pay more than $7 billion to the defense contractor that can provide it.

February 11, 2022
Michael Bloomberg speaks during a meeting with Earthshot prize winners and finalists at the Glasgow Science Center on the sidelines of the COP26 U.N. Climate Summit in Glasgow, Scotland, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, Pool, File)

Bloomberg named to Pentagon tech advisory board

Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has been nominated to head the Defense Innovation Board, which advises the Pentagon on key matters such as artificial intelligence, software and digital modernization.

February 10, 2022