Skip to content

Watch

Jeanine Pirro on on fixing D.C.s broken prosecution record and preparing for the Fourth of July

TRENDING:
Donald Trump
Advertisement
Author profile
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

Operation Welcome Home Maryland volunteers, including 13-year-old Francis [cq] Morena, Miss Junior Teen Delmarva, from Rockville, Md., right, clap as troops come home at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport in Baltimore, Md. on Friday, Dec. 28, 2012. The welcome operation has greeted more than 800 flights and more than 180,000 soldiers home since its inception in March 2007. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

Patriot Express passengers subjected to random COVID-19 testing

Military passengers flying on Department of Defense-contracted flights will now be randomly tested for COVID-19 when they arrive at Seattle-Tacoma and Baltimore-Washington international airports, Pentagon officials announced Sunday.

November 1, 2020
In this Wednesday, May 1, 2019 photo, the headstones of World War II U.S. Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt Jr, right, and his brother World War I First Lieutenant Quentin Roosevelt, buried side by side at the Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, France. President Trump and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron will next week honor the dwindling number of veterans of the D-Day landing that turned World War II amid plenty of signs the bonds of friendship are under strain. The United States has had a special bond with France throughout its history and especially during two world wars over the past century when even future presidents and sons of presidents risked their lives for the freedom of a friendly nation. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

U.S. war cemeteries in France closed due to COVID-19

Health concerns based on the COVID-19 pandemic have resulted in the complete shuttering for at least a month of 25 U.S. cemeteries and memorials from World War I and II in France managed by the American Battle Monuments Commission, officials said.

October 30, 2020
Soldiers take part in an exercise of the U.S. Army Global Response Force in Hohenfels, Germany. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)

Adam Smith, Washington Democrat, foresees military spending cut fight

An election that puts former Vice President Joseph Biden in the White House and solidifies Democratic control over Congress could mean the start of internal clashes within the party over military spending, the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee said Thursday.

October 29, 2020
President Donald Trump listens as Gen. Gustave Perna speaks about the coronavirus in the Rose Garden of the White House, Friday, May 15, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

General plans campaign to deliver coronavirus vaccine quickly

The Pentagon general spearheading President Trump's drive to ensure a coronavirus vaccine gets to the American people in record time said Tuesday that Operation Warp Speed can only work if there is full buy-in from the public when the vaccine becomes available.

October 27, 2020
In this image provided by the U.S. Army, recent Army basic combat training graduates have their temperatures taken as they arrive at Fort Lee, Va, on March 31, 2020, after being transported using sterilized buses from Fort Jackson, S.C. COVID-19 has had a dramatic impact on military recruiting, shuttering enlistment stations around the country and forcing thousands of recruiters to woo potential soldiers online. Recruiters have had to abandon their normal visits to high schools and malls, and instead rely almost exclusively on social media to reach young people. (U.S. Army via AP) **FILE**

Project Convergence tests new tech for new wars

With new marching orders, the Army is turning to technology to give its soldiers in combat a crucial edge where every second can mean the difference between life and death.

October 26, 2020
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