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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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In this file photo, U.S. Army medic Kristen Rogers of Waxhaw, N.C. fills syringes with the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, Wednesday, March 3, 2021, in North Miami, Fla. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier) **FILE**

As Army hits mandate deadline, services ponder next moves

The Pentagon reached a tipping point Wednesday as the deadline for soldiers in the U.S. Army, the largest military service, passed to get the COVID-19 vaccination. Troops who refuse the mandatory shots or aren't in the process of receiving an accepted exemption will find themselves in an administrative limbo until they're out of the military.

December 14, 2021
This Dec. 7, 2008 file photo shows U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii during a ceremony commemorating the 67th anniversary of the Japanese attack. On Dec. 7, 2021, the U.S. Navy will commission the future USS Daniel Inouye in honor of the man who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his WWII service in Italy with the famed 442nd Infantry Regimental Combat Team. (AP Photo/Lucy Pemoni, File) **FILE**

Navy commissions destroyer named for senator, Medal of Honor recipient

The late Sen. Daniel Inouye was a 17-year-old senior at McKinley High School in Honolulu, Hawaii on Dec. 7, 1941, when Japan attacked the U.S. Navy base at Pearl Harbor. He rushed to a Red Cross station to help sailors and civilians who were wounded in the raid.

December 7, 2021
Cadets attend the NCAA college football game between the Army Black Knights and Massachusetts at Michie Stadium, Saturday, Nov. 20, 2021 in West Point, N.Y. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)

U.S. military loses public trust as it pushes into politics

The U.S. military, once one of the few public institutions with a strong reservoir of public trust, is losing its standing after politicization in the ranks, a chaotic end to an unsatisfying war in Afghanistan and growing public doubts that American forces can deal with the security and economic threats of a rising China.

December 1, 2021
Washington National Guard members walk in formation away from the Legislative Building, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. Members of the Guard and Washington State Patrol troopers have been in place all week on the campus providing security against possible protests connected with the inauguration of President Joe Biden and the departure of former President Donald Trump in Washington, D.C.. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Backers of D.C. National Guard local control say they’re not giving up the fight

Supporters of a bill to give the D.C. mayor control over the District's National Guard force say they will continue to push for its inclusion in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), although the provision wasn't part of the bipartisan package of amendments that were accepted by the massive defense policy bill's floor managers in the Senate.

November 23, 2021