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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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Then-President Donald Trump speaks at an event at Fincantieri Marinette Marine, Thursday, June 25, 2020, in Marinette, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash) ** FILE **

U.S. Navy copies sleek Italian design for its new warships

If the U.S. Navy's new Constellation-class of frigates brings to mind warships currently deployed on the high seas by European countries, there's a good reason. It was based on the Fregata Europea Multi-Missione (FREMM) family of vessels from the Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri for the navies of Italy and France.

October 11, 2021
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/]

Lt. Col. Scheller to face Marine court-martial over Afghan criticisms

Brushing aside a groundswell of popular support that included a large number of lawmakers on Capitol Hill, the Marine Corps said Wednesday it was moving ahead with plans to court-martial Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller for his outspoken and viral criticisms of how the top brass handled the Afghan war and its chaotic ending.

October 6, 2021
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/]

Marine Lt. Col. Scheller, jailed for Afghan criticisms, faces Tuesday hearing

A pretrial detention hearing is scheduled Tuesday for Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller, a decorated Marine Corps officer now being held without charges at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, after he publicly excoriated the U.S. military commanders' handling of the chaotic final days of the U.S. war in Afghanistan.

October 4, 2021
In this image provided by the U.S. Army, paratroopers assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division, and others, prepare to board a C-17 cargo plane at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 30, 2021. (Master Sgt. Alexander Burnett/U.S. Army via AP)

Air Force hopes to boost arsenal with retrofitted ‘Dragons’

The Air Force plans to launch a live cruise missile dropped out of the back of a cargo plane before the end of the year as part of "Rapid Dragon" -- a program to turn the lumbering military aircraft normally used to haul troops and equipment into lethal platforms.

October 3, 2021
Hundreds of people run alongside a U.S. Air Force C-17 transport plane as it moves down a runway of the international airport, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 16. 2021. Thousands of Afghans have rushed onto the tarmac of Kabuls international airport, some so desperate to escape the Taliban capture of their country that they held onto an American military jet as it took off and plunged to death. (Verified UGC via AP)

Lawmakers rally to cause of Marine jailed for Afghan criticisms

A growing number of conservative lawmakers on Capitol Hill are rallying to the cause of a Marine lieutenant colonel jailed this week for his outspoken and repeated criticism of his superiors and what he said was their failure to take responsibility for the mishandling of the chaotic final days of the U.S. war in Afghanistan.

September 30, 2021
Augustus Maiyo of Colorado Springs, Co. crosses the finish line as he wins the Marine Corps Marathon with a time of 2:20:20 in Washington, on Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012.More than 30,000 people participated in the Marine Corps Marathon 2012. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Marine Corps Marathon canceled for 2nd straight year

A live, in-person staging of the Marine Corps Marathon is out again for the second straight year due to COVID-19 concerns. The race was suspended Tuesday for "security and safety precautions," organizers said.

September 28, 2021
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin speaks during a joint press conference with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Qatari Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani, and Qatari Defense Minister Khalid Bin Mohammed Al-Attiyah, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2021. (Olivier Douliery/Pool Photo via AP) **FILE**

Defense secretary orders high-level probe into errant Kabul missile

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin wants a senior military officer to look into an Aug. 29 missile strike on a car in Kabul that killed almost a dozen innocent civilians, including children, instead of terrorists planning to attack U.S. military personnel.

September 20, 2021
Frank Kendall III, President Joe Biden's nominee to be secretary of the Air Force, appears for his confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, May 25, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

New Air Force chief dings Congress for backing aging weapons, planes

New Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall used his first public speech on Monday to take a jab at Congress for its keeping aging weapons systems like the 45-year-old A-10 Thunderbolt alive, reducing the amount of money that could go to next-generation aircraft.

September 20, 2021