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Mike Glenn

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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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Protesters hold posters with an image of deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Yangon, Myanmar, on Sunday. Vast numbers of people have flouted orders against demonstrations to march against the military takeover. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Myanmar protesters keep pressure on military

Mass demonstrations that sent hundreds of thousands of people into the streets in Myanmar are showing no signs of stopping more than a week after the military launched a coup and seized the country's leader, Nobel Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi.

February 14, 2021
In this Feb. 2, 2016, file photo, a detainee is seen in the communal area inside Camp 6 in the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. (AP Photo/Ben Fox) ** FILE **

Joe Biden orders review of U.S. prison at Guantanamo

President Biden has ordered a review of the future of the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba that currently houses about 40 prisoners including 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Reuters reported.

February 12, 2021
President Joe Biden listens as Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin speaks at the Pentagon, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)

Biden stands up ‘China Task Force’ at the Pentagon

President Biden on Wednesday issued an urgent call for a governmentwide effort to reevaluate and confront the threat posed by China, making his first trip to the Pentagon as president to announce a high-level task force that could overhaul American military policy toward its chief 21st-century rival.

February 10, 2021
An MQ-9A Reaper drone is shown in this undated file photo. (U.S. Air Force photograph) ** FILE **

Pentagon says every soldier now must be a drone fighter

In today's military, it's not enough anymore just to be able to shoot the guy who is trying to shoot you. The Army wants counter-drone capabilities to be in the toolkit of even the lowliest private on the battlefield.

February 5, 2021
In this file photo, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin attends a ceremony memorializing U.S. Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick, as an urn with his cremated remains lies in honor on a black-draped table at the center of the Capitol Rotunda, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021, in Washington. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times via AP, Pool) **FILE**

Secretary of Defense issues mandatory mask orders for military

After coming into the Pentagon with battling COVID-19 as his foremost objective, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Thursday issued sweeping orders mandating that U.S. military personnel will wear protective masks in almost every situation.

February 4, 2021
In this file photo, Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Mike Gilday delivers remarks during the retirement ceremony in honor of Steffanie B. Easter, director of Navy Staff. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Raymond D. Diaz III/Released) **FILE**

U.S. Navy ships with Confederate names should be changed, task force says

As the Army grapples with changing the names of almost a dozen posts named for Confederate generals like Braxton Bragg and John Bell Hood, a task force set up to help the Navy improve diversity says some of its ships may have connections to Confederate or white supremacist ideologies.

February 4, 2021