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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.

Articles by Mike Glenn

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth listens during remarks on the sidelines of the AUKUS Defense Ministers' Ministerial meeting at the Pentagon, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Alabama welcomes Space Command headquarters

Military leaders and officials from Alabama's political delegation on Friday unveiled the future home for the U.S. Space Command at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama. The move comes after President Trump overturned a Biden administration decision to leave the new combatant command at its temporary headquarters at Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado.

December 15, 2025
Members of the new armed forces, former rebels who overthrew Bashar Assad's government and now serve in the new Syrian government, stand in formation as they prepare for a military parade in downtown Damascus, Syria, Friday, Dec. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

U.S. troops fighting ISIS alongside Syrian security forces

U.S. troops and Syrian security personnel destroyed more than a dozen ISIS weapons sites last week in their first major joint military operation since the Nov. 10 White House visit by Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa.

December 1, 2025
The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay, left, breaks ice, Friday, Jan. 24, 2025, on Lake Erie around the lake freighter Manitoulin, which has been immobilized by thick lake ice since departing Buffalo on Wednesday morning, Jan. 22. (Derek Gee/The Buffalo News via AP) **FILE**

Congressional watchdog criticizes plans for Coast Guard’s new cutter program

The $17 billion Offshore Patrol Cutter program, one of the U.S. Coast Guard's highest shipbuilding priorities, is at risk of delays and ballooning costs over a strategy to begin construction before the final design is complete, according to a recently released report from the Government Accountability Office.

November 28, 2025