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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

In this file photo, United States Navy Ceremonial Guard line up in formation to participate in a wreath laying ceremony to celebrate the Navy's 239th birthday at the United States Navy Memorial, Washington, D.C., Thursday, October 9, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times) **FILE**

Hoaxers using coronavirus fears to scam public

Navy officials said computer hackers are pretending to be with legitimate healthcare organizations like the World Health Organization and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to either secure donations under false pretenses or spread computer viruses.

March 21, 2020
In this file photo, flowers decorate a fence outside of Fort Hood's east gate on Sunday, April 6, 2014, in Killeen, Texas, in honor of those killed and wounded in the Fort Hood shooting on April 2. (AP Photo/ Tamir Kalifa) **FILE**

Soldier in Texas dead in triple murder

A soldier assigned to Fort Hood in central Texas was shot to death at an apartment complex off-post in a triple slaying that remains under investigation by local and military authorities.

March 19, 2020
In this Jan. 25, 2020, file 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 Co. reports financial results on Wednesday, Jan. 29. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File) **FILE**

Defense industry braces for unknown fallout from virus

The vaunted U.S. military-industrial machine is venturing into the unknown as the coronavirus continues its spread across the country, sector leaders said Wednesday, with the global pandemic threatening to slow down innovation and disrupt key supply chains.

March 18, 2020
A rocket-rigged truck launcher is shown after last week's rocket attack on Camp Taji in Iraq. The U.S.-led coalition fighting the Islamic State is evacuating smaller bases in Iraq to shift troops to larger, easier to defend bases. (Media Security Cell via ASSOCIATED PRESS)

U.S. forces evacuating smaller bases in Iraq following attacks

The U.S.-led coalition fighting the Islamic State is pulling hundreds of troops out of smaller outposts in Iraq and shifting them to larger, easier to defend bases, amid a string of attacks from Iran-based Shiite militia groups that have raised questions about the long-term viability of the U.S. military presence in the country.

March 17, 2020
Defense Secretary Mark Esper speaks during a briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, Monday, March 2, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Pentagon to provide coronavirus equipment to HHS

The Pentagon is dipping into its own equipment supply to help support the nation's response to the coronavirus. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said they were prepared to provide five million N95 respirator masks and other personal protective equipment from the Department of Defense's own strategic reserves.

March 17, 2020
In this Monday, March 9, 2020, 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) ** FILE **

Russian aircraft intercepted approaching U.S. airspace

After Russian reconnaissance aircraft came within 45 miles of the coast of Alaska on Saturday, the commanding general of the joint U.S.-Canada North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) said they are seeing repeated incursions into the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone, known as ADIZ.

March 14, 2020
This photo released by the government-affiliated Media Security Cell on Thursday, March 12, 2020, shows a rocket-rigged truck launcher after a rocket attack on Camp Taji, a few miles north of Baghdad, in Rashidiya, A barrage of rockets hit a base housing U.S. and other coalition troops north of Baghdad, Iraqi security officials said Saturday, March 14, just days after a similar attack killed three servicemen, including two Americans. (Media Security Cell via AP)

Coalition troops wounded in rocket attack in Iraq

A military base north of Baghdad was struck by a barrage of rockets Saturday morning, less than a week after it was hit in a strike that killed two American service members there.

March 14, 2020