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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

Social distancing at The Pentagon. Photo: Mike Glenn/The Washington Times

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
F-35C Lightning IIs, attached to the Grim Reapers of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 101, and F/A-18E/F Super Hornets attached to the Naval Aviation Warfighter Development Center (NAWDC) fly over Naval Air Station Fallon's (NASF) Range Training Complex near Fallon, Nevada, Sept. 3, 2015. (Lt. Cmdr. Darin Russell/U.S. Navy via AP) ** FILE **

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
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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
This Oct. 9, 2003, photo shows soldiers from the U.S. Army's 720th Military Police Battalion watching as a minesweeper looks for weapons in a hole they dug during a raid on a farmland just outside Tikrit, Iraq. (Associated Press) **FILE**

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