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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

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
In this Friday, May 13, 2011, file photo, soldiers of 1AD attend a color casing ceremony of the First Armored Division at the U.S. Army Airfield in Wiesbaden, Germany. Germany's Defense Ministry says U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin told Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer in his first conversation with her since taking up his new post that Germany is highly valued as a station for American soldiers. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)

U.S. troop reductions from Germany on hold pending review

President Trump's polarizing plan to pull thousands of U.S. troops from Germany has been put on indefinite hold so President Biden and his aides can review the decision, the commander of U.S. forces in Europe said Wednesday.

February 3, 2021
U.S. Marines from the 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment run through a street Wednesday, April 19, 2006, in Ramadi, 115 km (70 miles) west of Baghdad. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Marine Corps shuts down famed 8th Marine Regiment

The storied regiment based at Camp Lejeune, N.C., couldn't survive cuts called for in order to reshape the Marine Corps into what officials say is a "more efficient, maritime-centric operation force."

February 1, 2021
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin visits National Guard troops deployed at the U.S. Capitol and its perimeter, Friday, Jan. 29, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, Pool)

Hispanic lawmakers: Fire Trump appointees on Confederate base naming commission

The Pentagon should sack Trump appointees from the commission set up to find new names for U.S. military bases honoring Confederate figures in favor of a people who "reflect the diversity of America, including at least one Latino," members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus wrote in a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin.

February 1, 2021
Pentagon officials say extremist groups are attempting to recruit current military personnel and encouraging their own members to enlist in the armed forces. Lawmakers are demanding a formal investigation. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) **FILE**

Major cash infusion planned for troubled military base housing

A management company based in Australia will get more than $1 billion to make significant home improvements at six Army posts, even after its work was questioned in providing safe and healthy housing for Marine Corps families in North Carolina.

January 31, 2021
Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar speaks, bottom right, talks at the opening session of the peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban in Doha, Qatar, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020. (AP Photo/Hussein Sayed)

Pentagon doubts Taliban moves toward peace deal

The Taliban isn't keeping the promises they made in the peace agreement with the United States that would eventually result in all American troops being pulled from Afghanistan by May, the Pentagon said Thursday.

January 28, 2021
In this Jan. 25, 2020, photo a Boeing 777X airplane takes off on its first flight with the Olympic Mountains in the background at Paine Field in Everett, Wash. Boeing is reporting another huge loss, this one because of a setback to its 777X widebody jetliner. Boeing said Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021, it lost $8.4 billion in the fourth quarter on weaker demand for planes during the pandemic. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Lockheed Martin passes Boeing as leading defense company

Cost overruns with its troubled KC-46 tanker aircraft and the reaction to the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic are among the reasons Boeing was passed by Lockheed Martin as the largest U.S. aerospace and defense firm.

January 27, 2021
Marine recruits at Parris Island Recruit Depot, S.C., on May 27, 2020 (AP Photo/Lolita Baldor) **FILE**

South Carolina representatives introduce bill to prevent Parris Island closure

Threats from the Marine Corps to close down their iconic Parris Island training base to meet gender integration requirements mandated by the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act has prompted members of South Carolina's congressional delegation to introduce legislation to prevent it from happening.

January 27, 2021