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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.

Articles by Mike Glenn

In this March 19, 2013, file photo, the globe and anchor stand at the entrance to Camp Lejeune, N.C. (AP Photo/Allen Breed, File)

LSD use in the ranks prompts testing at USMC base

The Marine Corps is conducting random drug testing at one base in North Carolina because of reports that personnel there are using the hallucinogenic drug lysergic acid diethylamide, better known as LSD.

December 1, 2020
In this photo released on January 14, 2015, by a militant website, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, Islamic State militants kill a man they accused of being a homosexual by throwing him off a building in Syria's northeastern province of Hassakeh. The Washington-based Syria Justice and Accountability Center, a U.S.-based Syrian rights group, said Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020, that evidence, documents produced by the Islamic State militants themselves, could help identify individuals responsible for atrocities during the militants four-year reign of terror in Syria, thus enabling prosecution for international crimes.  (Militant website via AP)

COVID-19 impacting fight against ISIS

Coalition forces in Iraq are contending with the global COVID-19 pandemic even as they continue the fight against ISIS, the deputy commander for Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve said Monday.

November 30, 2020
In this Feb. 22, 2010, file photo then-Defense Undersecretary for Policy Michele Flournoy testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington before the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Afghanistan. Flournoy, a politically moderate Pentagon veteran, is regarded by U.S. officials and political insiders as a top choice for President-elect Joe Bide to choose to head the Pentagon. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File) **FILE**

Pentagon pick delay sparks talk of progressive unease

Michele Flournoy has long been the odds-on choice to lead the Department of Defense in a Biden administration, but she was notably absent in Wilmington, Delaware, this week when the former vice president rolled out his first picks.

November 25, 2020
FILE - In this June 26, 2014 file photo, the U.S. Navy warship USS John McCain, an Arleigh-Burke class destroyer, is docked at the Subic Freeport to take part in the joint US-Philippines naval exercise called Cooperation Afloat Readiness And Training (CARAT) at the former US naval base of Subic, about 70 miles west of Manila, Philippines. After two unsuccessful presidential bids, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., the 78-year-old former Navy pilot and Vietnam prisoner of war has rebounded as the chairman of the powerful Senate Armed Services Committee. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez, File)

U.S., Russian ships square off in dispute over bay in Sea of Japan

The Pentagon and Russian defense ministry traded testy exchanges Tuesday after the USS John S. McCain sailed through a disputed section of the Peter the Great Bay in the Sea of Japan that the Kremlin has claimed since the days of the Soviet Union.

November 24, 2020
In this Monday, March 9, 2020, file photo released by the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), a Russian Tu-142 maritime reconnaissance aircraft, top right, is intercepted near the Alaska coastline. U.S. and Canadian aircraft intercepted and escorted two Russian jets that flew over the Beaufort Sea near the Alaska coastline, military officials said Tuesday. The Russian Tu-142 maritime reconnaissance aircraft were escorted by F-22 and CF-18 planes, the North American Aerospace Defense Command said in a release. The Russian jets never left international airspace during the duration of the four-hour flight on Monday, but did come within 50 miles of the Alaska coast. (North American Aerospace Defense Command via AP)

U.S. pulls out of ‘open skies’ treaty with Russia

The United States on Sunday officially pulled out of the Open Skies Treaty, a pact allowing nations to conduct unarmed surveillance flights over each other's territory to collect data on military forces.

November 22, 2020
This March 27, 2008, photo shows the Pentagon in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) **FILE**

Pentagon consolidates U.S. Army Europe, Africa Commands

U.S. Army Africa -- the Army's service component of U.S. Africa Command -- will be folded into the command structure of U.S. Army Europe to become a new command -- U.S. Army Europe and Africa (USAREUR-AF,) Pentagon officials announced Friday.

November 20, 2020