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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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In this March 14, 2014, file photo, a U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II makes a flyby after an unveiling celebration takes place at Luke Air Force Base for the delivery of the first F-35A fighter jet, in Glendale, Ariz. The U.S. Air Force has selected National Guard bases in Alabama and Wisconsin as homes for new F-35A fighter squadrons. Air Force officials announced Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017, that Truax Field Air National Guard Base in Wisconsin and Dannelly Field in Montgomery, Alabama are the preferred locations for the squadrons. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Designer: Trump vision for U.S.-made F-35 doable

President Trump wants to base the production line of the F-35 Lightning II entirely in the United States and a retired Air Force general who played a key role in designing the multi-role combat aircraft said the idea isn't as far-fetched as critics make it out to be.

May 19, 2020
The U.S. Army employs a M270A1 Multiple Launch Rocket System during the first live-fire exercise from a Europe-based MLRS unit since 2004. (Image: U.S. Army, Grafenwoehr, Germany)

U.S. planning first large-scale war games in Europe since coronavirus outbreak

The U.S. troops in the maneuvers will come from the 1st Cavalry Division; the 3rd Infantry Division and the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team. The Polish soldiers are assigned to the 9th Polish Cavalry Brigade, the 6th Polish Airborne Brigade and the 12th Polish Mechanized Brigade, officials said.

May 13, 2020