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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.

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FILE — This March 27, 2008 file photo shows the Pentagon in Washington. Defense officials say a Trump loyalist and former Fox News commentator has been moved in to the Pentagons top policy job, just a few months after he failed to get through Senate confirmation because of offensive remarks he made, including about Islam. Officials say Anthony Tata, a retired Army one-star general, will be performing the duties of the undersecretary for defense policy. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Anthony Tata, Pentagon policy chief, has COVID-19

Anthony Tata, a retired Army general now in the top policy job at the Pentagon, has tested positive for the coronavirus following a recent visit to Washington, D.C. by Lithuania's defense minister, officials said late Thursday.

November 20, 2020
A marine stands in front of an helicopter during a drill at a military base in Stefanovikio, central Greece on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020. Army aviation forces from Greece and the United States are taking part in a live-fire exercise with attack helicopters, marking deepening defense ties between the two countries. (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis)

U.S. military ranked ‘marginal’ as Russia and China expands their forces

As near-peer adversaries like Russia and China rapidly upgrade their military capabilities, last year's defense budget pumped more than $730 billion into the Pentagon's coffers. But that windfall didn't prevent the U.S. military from being labeled as "marginal" in a study just released by a Washington, D.C. think tank.

November 17, 2020
In this undated video grab provided by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, A Russian submariner looks in periscope during a naval exercise in the Bering Sea. The Russian navy has conducted massive war games near Alaska involving dozens of ships and aircraft, the biggest such drills in the area since Soviet times. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

Russia to build new base in Sudan

About a month after the U.S. government announced plans to remove Sudan from its list of state sponsors of terrorism, Russian officials said they will build a new naval base in the country to support its ships operating in northeast Africa.

November 16, 2020
As visitors emerge from the trench-like entrance of the Nation Overseas Gallery, cast figures, lighting effects, imagery, and sounds of distant battle recreate a settingþÄîbased on a famous photograph of the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. Viewed atop a glass and steel bridge, splintered trees and advancing American Soldiers maneuver amidst the battle wreckage. The film shown here plunges visitors into scenes of trench warfare and relays the U.S. ArmyþÄôs contributions to the war effort. Nearby a 1917 FT-17 tank, against a backdrop of recruiting posters, augments the experience. (National Museum of the United States Army Photo, Spc. Ian Miller)

National Museum of the Army opens on Veterans Day

After grand opening delays brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, the roughly $400 million National Museum of the United States Army is finally set to open its doors to the public on Veterans Day this Wednesday.

November 9, 2020
VIRGINIA CLASS ATTACK SUBMARINE — The Virginia-class attack submarine USS California (SSN 781) underway during sea trials. (U.S. Navy photo by Chris Oxley/Released) ** FILE **

Navy inks deal for new class of subs

A Connecticut-based company that has been building U.S. Navy submarines for more than 100 years just signed a contract to develop the first vessels of the new Columbia class of ballistic missile submarines.

November 6, 2020