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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

In this file photo, a U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter jet prepares to take off at the Osan U.S. Air Base in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, Thursday, June 18, 2020. (Hong Ki-won/Yonhap via AP)  **FILE**

Air Force shows off might in Arctic

The U.S. Air Force flexed its muscle in a dramatic show of force this month, amid heightened concern at the Pentagon over the prospect of expanding great power military competition with nations such as Russia and China.

December 24, 2020
The USS John S. McCain, left, is docked next to USS America at Singapore's Changi naval base on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017, in Singapore. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) ** FILE **

U.S. Navy again sails in South China Sea, through disputed territory

Less than a week after the United States sent a Navy destroyer through the hotly contested Taiwan Strait between Taiwan and the People's Republic of China, another U.S. military vessel passed through a disputed archipelago in the South China Sea to "challenge restrictions on innocent passage" imposed by China and other nations in the region.

December 22, 2020
"I will continue to fight on behalf of our military families so that they no longer feel powerless when rightfully demanding a healthy housing environment for their children," Sen. Mark Warner said. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

National Defense Authorization Act presses Pentagon on substandard military housing

Judging from the pending National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and the Pentagon's own budget requests, U.S. military leaders next year appear poised to take aim at a wave of cases across the country where military families have been forced to live in government-owned homes that were squalid and mold-encrusted.

December 16, 2020