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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

A U.S military aircraft takes off from the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Wali Sabawoon)

Americans left behind as final U.S. military planes leave Afghanistan

Maj. Gen. Christopher Donahue, commander of the Army's 82nd Airborne Division, and Ambassador Ross Wilson, charge d'affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, were the final Americans to step aboard the last U.S. military C-17 cargo jet shortly before it lifted off from the Afghan capital's sole international airport Monday.

August 30, 2021
An Afghan holds a Taliban flag in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Aug. 25,2021. The Taliban wrested back control of Afghanistan nearly 20 years after they were ousted in a U.S.-led invasion following the 9/11 attacks. Their return to power has pushed many Afghans to flee, fearing reprisals from the fighters or a return to the brutal rule they imposed when they last ran the country. (AP Photo)

Taliban released ISIS-K prisoners, Pentagon says

The Taliban released thousands of prisoners, including members of the Islamic State-Khorasan terror group, when they overran Bagram Air Base during their lightning-fast advance through Afghanistan, the Pentagon said Friday.

August 27, 2021
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**

Pentagon orders COVID-19 vaccinations for military personnel

Not getting the COVID-19 shot is no longer an option for almost all members of the U.S. military. With the Food and Drug Administration's decision Monday to approve general use of the Pfizer vaccine, the Department of Defense is now requiring it as part of military service throughout the force.

August 25, 2021
Afghan anti-al-Qaeda fighters rest at a former al Qaeda base in the White Mountains near Tora Bora on Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2001, behind a string of ammunition found after the retreat of al-Qaida members from the area. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder) ** FILE **

Al Qaeda could again threaten U.S. from Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, experts say

Biden administration officials are downplaying the threat of a resurgent al Qaeda under Taliban rule in Afghanistan, but security analysts, former U.S. military generals, members of Congress and even the United Nations say the terrorists will become more active now that their Taliban hosts are back in power in Kabul.

August 25, 2021
This Jan. 25, 2018 file photo shows then National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster during a meeting at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File) **FILE**

Former Trump adviser: Biden needs to fire top Taliban negotiator Khalilzad

Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, Donald Trump's former national security adviser, is laying some of the blame for the current chaos in Afghanistan squarely at the feet of Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad, the Afghan-American diplomat who has been the point man for talks with the Taliban in both Republican and Democratic administrations.

August 24, 2021
An infant is lifted over a fence in Kabul, Afghanistan, in this screenshot from an August 19, 2021, video. U.S. Marine Corps officials confirmed the service members in the video are with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit and that the child was taken to a medical treatment facility for treatment.

Baby passed to Marine at Kabul airport safe with family

A video being widely circulated amid the chaos in Afghanistan shows a baby being passed to a U.S. military service member who appears to be near one of the Taliban's checkpoints near the Kabul airport.

August 20, 2021
In this photo provided by the U.S. Marine Corps, civilians prepare to board a plane during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021. (Staff Sgt. Victor Mancilla/U.S. Marine Corps via AP)

Taliban not impeding evacuation — for now, Pentagon says

The Taliban became America's bitter foe after it hosted al Qaeda in Afghanistan prior to the 9/11 attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C. But 20 years later, and now in complete control of the country, heavily-armed Taliban fighters are -- for now -- closely coordinating on the evacuation effort of U.S. personnel from Kabul.

August 19, 2021