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Mike Glenn

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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British identify female soldier killed in Camp Taji rocket attack

A 26-year-old woman in the British Army was the U.K. soldier who was killed along with two Americans service members in a rocket attack Wednesday on the Camp Taji base in Iraq, British Ministry of Defense officials have confirmed.

March 12, 2020

DoD bans travel to Europe for 60 days because of the coronavirus

All U.S. military travel to and from Europe will be suspended for two months because of concern from the fast-spreading coronavirus.

March 12, 2020

Defense Department grapples with coronavirus logistics

At high-level staff meetings these days at the Pentagon, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark A. Milley are careful to position themselves six feet apart at minimum. At least they're in the same room.

March 10, 2020

U.S. jet fighters help intercept Russian military planes approaching Alaska

U.S. and Canadian jet fighters on Monday intercepted a pair of Russian military aircraft that came as close as 50 nautical miles to the Alaskan coast.

March 10, 2020

Pentagon identifies Marines killed in battle in Iraq

The Pentagon has identified two Marine Corps special operators who were killed Sunday during a raid to destroy an Islamic State shelter in Iraq.

March 10, 2020

Christopher G. Cavoli, top Army leader in Europe, may have been exposed to coronavirus

The commanding general of U.S. Army troops in Europe and several senior members of his staff may have been exposed to the coronavirus during a recent conference, Secretary of the Army Ryan D. McCarthy confirmed Monday.

March 9, 2020

Passengers from coronavirus cruise ship to be quarantined on bases in California, Texas and Georgia

Passengers from a cruise ship with 21 confirmed cases of the coronavirus will be sent to four military bases around the country for a 14 day quarantine period, Pentagon officials confirmed Monday.

March 9, 2020

U.S. leads in international arms trade while Russia falls

The U.S. share of the international arms trade has grown dramatically in recent years. From 2015-2019, the nation's export of military hardware amounted to a 76 percent increase over Russia, the world's second-largest arms exporter.

March 9, 2020

2 U.S. troops killed in Iraq battle

DEVELOPING: A pair of U.S. military advisers died Sunday in a firefight against ISIS forces in a mountainous area in north central Iraq, according to officials from Operation Inherent Resolve.

March 9, 2020

Coronavirus crippling U.S. military readiness as troops confined to bases, combat training scrapped

Senior Pentagon officials have been meeting on nearly a daily basis for weeks as they seek to protect troops deployed in areas affected by the coronavirus and sailors visiting ports around the world.

March 7, 2020

Army prepares to encounter coronavirus during Defender Europe maneuvers

Army officials are incorporating the coronavirus into the directives for Defender Europe 2020, one of the largest and most sweeping military maneuvers in Europe since the end of the Cold War.

March 4, 2020

Coronavirus concerns causes F-35 plant shutdowns in Italy and Japan

Concern about the coronavirus has resulted in the closure of facilities in Italy and Japan that produce components for the F-35 Lightning II combat fighter, Pentagon officials confirmed Wednesday.

March 4, 2020

All new U.S. Army recruits to be tested for coronavirus

New Army recruits will be tested for the Coronavirus before they begin their inprocessing period during basic training, Army officials confirmed Tuesday.

March 3, 2020

Charles Q. Brown Jr. nominated to be Air Force Chief of Staff

A 37-year officer who now leads the Pacific Air Forces has been nominated to be the next Air Force Chief of Staff and the first black man to hold that position in any of the service branches.

March 2, 2020

U.S. military confronts coronavirus challenges worldwide

It's a stealth enemy whose multi-front attack has left the Pentagon scrambling to respond.

March 2, 2020

Gen. Mark Milley, Joint Chiefs chairman, backs peace deal with Afghan Taliban

Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said he is fully on board with the landmark peace agreement signed over the weekend between the United States and representatives for the Taliban, a bitter U.S. enemy for nearly 20 years.

March 2, 2020

Groups oppose Pentagon’s new land-mine policy

The United States should rethink its decision to permit the use of anti-personnel mines in any situation where military commanders believe them to be necessary, advocacy group Human Rights Watch said this week.

February 28, 2020

Dozens of Turkish soldiers reported killed in Syrian airstrike

A Syrian air strike Thursday reportedly killed nearly three dozen Turkish soldiers, a sharp escalation in a building conflict between the two countries that could soon result in full-scale war.

February 27, 2020

Mark Esper, Defense secretary, approves ‘tenant bill of rights’ for troubled military housing

Secretary of Defense Mark Esper has approved a "tenant bill of rights" meant to guarantee safe and well-maintained housing for military personnel following a rash of horror stories of black mold, pest infestations and flooding in privatized military residential communities across the country.

February 26, 2020