Skip to content

Listen Now

Threat Status podcast: How the U.S. can fix shipbuilding and dominate autonomy

TRENDING:
Iran
Advertisement
Author profile
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.

Articles by Mike Glenn

This Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021, photo shows Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam during a news conference inside the Patrick Henry Building at the Capitol in Richmond, Va. About 20% of Virginia's funding from the latest federal coronavirus relief bill will help replenish the fund that pays unemployment benefits, staving off hefty tax increases for employers. (AP Photo/Richmond Times-Dispatch, Bob Brown) **FILE**

Virginia Guard mobilizing for upcoming predicted second snow

Outgoing Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam was criticized for not calling out the National Guard for help earlier this week when icy conditions left hundreds of motorists stranded along a stretch of I-95 near Fredericksburg. Now, chastened state officials said they'll be ready as more snow and cold temperatures are predicted for the region.

January 6, 2022
Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller, USMC, is seen in this screen capture from his Aug. 27, 2021, Facebook video, wherein he criticized senior military leadership and its handling of the evacuation of Kabul in light of the deadly suicide bombing attack at the Hamid Karzai International Airport. [https://www.facebook.com/stuart.scheller/videos/561114034931173/]

Outspoken ex-Marine Scheller nixes political campaign but vows to keep talking

The former Marine Corps lieutenant colonel whose career imploded after a string of harsh online criticisms of his superiors' handling of the war in Afghanistan says he isn't planning on a run for political office as many predicted, but revealed in a new interview has no intention of riding off into the sunset.

January 5, 2022
In this Dec. 11, 2021 photo provided by the U.S. Navy, Mobile Diving Salvage Unit One performs inspection and sampling of a water well near Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. U.S. Navy divers are trying to remove fuel from a water water shaft at Red Hill near Hawaii's Pearl Harbor. Divers are beginning to make progress and are now able to start "skimming" contaminants that have floated to the surface. The water supply serves about 93,000 people. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Aja Bleu Jackson via AP)

Hawaii orders Navy to shut down WWII-era leaking fuel tanks

Thousands of military families in Hawaii were sent fleeing from their homes after jet fuel from an aging storage tank tainted their water supply. Now the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention wants to gauge the potential health impact on the state's civilian population as well.

January 4, 2022
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