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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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The Pentagon

Military suicide deaths rise in 2020

The number of suicide deaths by active-duty military troops rose in the second quarter of 2020 compared to the same time period last year, according to data from the quarterly suicide report issued by the Department of Defense.

October 22, 2020
In this file photo, Ryan McCarthy, at the time nominated to be Secretary of the Army, speaks during his Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing, Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) **FILE**

Army vows to spend big to right troubled housing system for troops

Army leaders met with bankers and private investors last week to discuss plans for pumping more money into the service's troubled privatized housing program, which has been accused of failing to provide safe and adequate homes for military members and their families.

October 21, 2020
In this Feb. 12, 2009, photo, the Pentagon is seen from Air Force One. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) ** FILE **

Army signs $87 million deal for latest tank killer

The Army signed an $87 million deal with Saab to arm its soldiers with the latest version of the Swedish manufacturing company's powerful 84mm bunker-busting, Carl-Gustaf anti-tank weapon.

October 15, 2020
Sergeant Major of the Army Michael Grinston, left, Army Gen. Joseph Martin, vice chief of staff, center left, Ryan McCarthy, Acting Secretary of the Army, center right, and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, right, participate in the Dignified Return for Sgt. 1st Class Elis Barreto Ortiz, 34, from Morovis, Puerto Rico, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Ortiz was killed in action Sept. 5, when a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle in Kabul, Afghanistan. Ortiz was supporting Operation Freedom's Sentinel. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) ** FILE **

Army to spend billions on barracks upgrades

While substandard housing conditions for military families have recently received widespread coverage and congressional scrutiny, Army officials said they haven't forgotten about the places where single troops live.

October 14, 2020
In this Aug. 5, 2019, photo released by the U.S. Air Force, an F-35 fighter jet pilot and crew prepare for a mission at Al-Dhafra Air Base in the United Arab Emirates. (Staff Sgt. Chris Thornbury/U.S. Air Force via AP) **FILE**

Israel unease on F-35 sales to UAE tests Trump Mideast breakthrough

The U.S.-brokered normalization accord between Israel and the United Arab Emirates last month -- the first such accord with an Arab state in decades -- has been accompanied by a push from the UAE to buy Lockheed Martin's state-of-the-art F-35 Lightning II fighter jets for its military.

October 11, 2020
In this March 25, 2015, photo, U.S. Army soldiers from the 25th Infantry Division's 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team and South Korean soldiers take their positions during a demonstration of the combined arms live-fire exercise as part of the annual joint military exercise between South Korea and the United States at the Rodriquez Multi-Purpose Range Complex in Pocheon, north of Seoul, South Korea. The South Korean and U.S. militaries have postponed on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020, their annual joint drills out of concerns over a virus outbreak. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man) **FILE**

Army signs $1.2 billion Stryker air defense deal

The Army awarded a $1.2 billion contract for a fleet of Stryker combat vehicles specifically equipped to counter unmanned aerial systems along with a range of other aircraft, officials with General Dynamics Land Systems announced.

October 6, 2020