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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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This March 20, 2020, photo shows HMS Defender in Portsmouth, England. The Russian military says its warship has fired warning shots and a warplane dropped bombs to force the British destroyer from Russia's waters near Crimea in the Black Sea. The incident on Wednesday June 23, 2021, marks the first time since the Cold War era when Moscow used live ammunition to deter a NATO warship, reflecting soaring Russia-West tensions. (Ben Mitchell/PA via AP) **FILE**

Putin fumes over Black Sea drills, dubs U.S. and allies provocateurs

The Black Sea is emerging as a prime flashpoint in the West's standoff with Vladimir Putin's Russia. President Biden said he seeks stable, predictable relations with the Kremlin, but the U.S. and its allies aren't backing off on a major naval military exercise in the contested sea this week that has the Russian leader fuming.

June 30, 2021
U.S. Army Spc. Kevin Martin, junior sniper, assigned to the 1-186th Infantry Battalion, Task Force Guardian, Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, provides security for a 75th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron (EAS) C-130J Super Hercules during unloading operations at an unidentified location in Somalia Sunday, June 28, 2020. No country has been involved in Somalia's future as much as the United States but now the Trump administration is thinking of withdrawing the several hundred U.S. military troops from the nation at what some experts call the worst possible time. (Tech. Sgt. Christopher Ruano/Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa via AP) **FILE**

New Air Force unit fights to dominate electromagnetic spectrum

The electromagnetic spectrum (EMS) may be invisible but it is as real a battlefield as the land, air and sea. The Air Force recently rolled out its first unit dedicated to providing the U.S. with a competitive edge over any potential adversaries in the future.

June 28, 2021
President Joe Biden, right, meets with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, left, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Friday, June 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Biden vows to back Afghan leaders as U.S. pullout accelerates

President Biden hosted Afghanistan's president and top peace negotiator at the White House Friday, vowing to maintain U.S. support for the embattled Kabul government even as the last American and NATO troops leave and fears mount of a major Taliban offensive.

June 25, 2021
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin appears at a Senate Armed Services budget hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Pentagon seeks to reassure Afghan leaders as pullout proceeds

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will try to reassure visiting Afghan government leaders of U.S. military support even as the Taliban insurgents score battlefield gains and the U.S. troop pullout picks up pace, the Pentagon said Thursday.

June 24, 2021
In this July 9, 2013, photo, traffic flows through the main gate past a welcome sign in Fort Hood, Texas. A new study finds that female soldiers at Army bases in Texas, Colorado, Kansas and Kentucky face a greater risk of sexual assault and harassment than those at other posts, accounting for more than a third of all active-duty Army women sexually assaulted in 2018. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez) **FILE**

Female soldiers at Fort Hood most at risk for sexual assault, survey finds

Women assigned to two Army posts in Texas are more likely to be sexually assaulted than any other female soldiers in uniform. According to a new study by the RAND Corporation think tank, the risk to women at one of the posts -- Fort Hood -- is nearly a third higher than the average risk faced by all women in the Army generally.

June 21, 2021
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, right, accompanied by Defense Under Secretary Mike McCord, left, speaks at a Senate Armed Services budget hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Austin defends Pentagon budget, Afghanistan pullout on Hill

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin told lawmakers some "over the horizon" U.S. combat support of Afghanistan's military is already underway, even before the September 11 deadline set by President Biden for a complete pullout of American forces.

June 10, 2021
Air Force One, carrying U.S. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden comes into land at RAF Mildenhall, near Bury St Edmunds, in eastern England, Wednesday, June 9, 2021. Biden will attend the G7 summit in Cornwall in southwest England. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

Boeing’s new Air Force One aircraft facing delays

Boeing is behind schedule on its contract to build two new Air Force One aircraft and likely won't make its plan to deliver the first upgraded version of the "Flying White House" in 2024 as originally projected.

June 9, 2021
The Weir family, Vennita, left, Athena, center, and Bill take a photograph, at their home on Wednesday, September 27, 2018, in Albuquerque, N.M. Military families are complaining that this year’s base transfers are the worst in memory as movers are destroying, damaging, losing and stealing their household goods. (Vennita Weir, Source via AP) **FILE**

Reform would give military spouses more job options

Two California lawmakers, both military veterans, have a new bill that would give military spouses with valid licensing in one state reciprocity in another when their spouse is deployed there on military orders.

June 8, 2021
This July 17, 2019, photo provided by the U.S. Air Force shows a Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet in flight after refueling over the Pacific Ocean near the coast of Brisbane, Australia. The Navy said Wednesday, July 31, that an F/A-18 Super Hornet jet similar to this one has crashed in the California desert and a search-and-rescue helicopter is en route to the scene, about 60 miles north of the Naval Air Weapons Station at China Lake. (Senior Airman Elora J. Martinez/U.S. Air Force via AP)

In a first, drone refuels U.S. Navy fighter jet in midair

An aircraft called the MQ-25 Stingray rolled down the strip at MidAmerica Airport on the outskirts of St. Louis on June 4 before lifting into the sky. It was quickly followed by a Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet jet fighter.

June 7, 2021