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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

Snow blankets the soldiers at the Korean War Veterans Memorial, Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Remains of Korean War POW considered for sainthood identified

The remains of Father Emil Kapaun, an Army chaplain awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism as a prisoner of war in Korea and now being considered for sainthood by the Catholic Church, have been identified by the Defense Department's POW/MIA accounting agency.

March 5, 2021
This Dec. 29, 2019, aerial file photo taken from a helicopter shows Ain al-Asad air base in the western Anbar desert, Iraq. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser, File)

Rockets hit airbase in Iraq hosting U.S. troops

A burst of at least 10 rockets targeting the Ain al-Asad airbase early Wednesday resulted in no direct U.S. troop casualties, but the Pentagon later revealed that an American contractor working with the base had suffered a "cardiac episode" and died while taking cover from the attack.

March 3, 2021
Female recruits stand at the Marine Corps Training Depot on Parris Island, S.C., Feb. 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith) ** FILE **

GAO survey finds women face higher uniform bills in military

A just-released congressionally mandated study from the Government Accountability Office finds women across the military face a "pink tax" -- higher bills for essential uniform items from pantyhose and dress shoes to mandatory handbags -- than do their male counterparts, a burden especially heavy for female officers.

March 1, 2021
FILE - In this July 2, 2010 file photo, Afghan security forces stand outside a USAID compound in Kunduz, northern Afghanistan, after it was stormed by militants wearing suicide vests. The United States wasted billions of dollars in war-torn Afghanistan on buildings and vehicles that were either abandoned or destroyed, according to a report released Monday, March 1, 2021, by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, a U.S. government watchdog. (AP Photo, File)

U.S. wasted billions on Afghan construction projects: IG

American taxpayers funded billions of dollars worth of reconstruction projects in Afghanistan that were destroyed or abandoned during the two decades of fighting in the war-torn country, according to a new watchdog report.

March 1, 2021

Navy identifies sailor who died of COVID-19

A Virginia Beach-based sailor who died Monday shortly after testing positive for COVID-19 has been identified as Chief Petty Officer Justin Huf, 39, Navy officials confirmed.

February 24, 2021