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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

U.S. Marines of the 28th Regiment, fifth division, cheer and hold up their rifles after raising the American flag atop Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima, a volcanic Japanese island, on Feb. 23, 1945 during World War II. (AP Photo/Joe Rosenthal)

WWII 75th anniversary commemorations canceled by coronavirus

A group of U.S. Marines, as tough as boot leather and itching for action, were ready to storm the black sand beaches of Iwo Jima last month when the COVID-19 pandemic put the mission on hold. The novel coronavirus did what the Japanese army couldn't do.

April 9, 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 **

U.S. F-22s intercept Russian aircraft off Alaska

Fighter jets assigned to the North American Aerospace Defense Command intercepted a pair of Russian military aircraft as they entered an area known as the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone, military officials said.

April 9, 2020
In this Dec. 3, 2019, file photo, acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly testifies during a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee about ongoing reports of substandard housing conditions in Washington, on Capitol Hill. Modly says the captain of the COVID-stricken aircraft carrier who was fired last week had betrayed his service and may have been “too naive or too stupid” to be commanding officer of the ship. He later apologized for those remarks and subsequently tendered his resignation to Secretary of Defense Mark Esper. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) **FILE**

Sen. Jack Reed calls for investigation into Modly resignation

The most senior Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee said he agrees with Secretary of Defense Mark Esper's decision to accept the resignation of acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly over his handling of the USS Theodore Roosevelt incident.

April 7, 2020
Marines with Battery N, 5th Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, fire an M777 A2 howitzer during a series of integrated firing exercises at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Centter Twentynine Palms' Quakenbush Training Area April 26, 2013. (credit: U.S. Marine Corps)

U.S. military ‘readiness’ at risk as coronavirus rips through ranks

The rapid spread of the coronavirus through the ranks has sparked one of the greatest challenges U.S. military leaders have faced in decades: how to maintain readiness and monitor enemy threats while simultaneously shielding men and women in uniform around the world from a deadly health risk.

March 31, 2020
This March 27, 2008, aerial file photo, shows the Pentagon in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File) ** FILE **

GAO sees persisting problems in privatized military housing

The Defense Department needs to take on a larger oversight role in the management of privatized housing for the troops to make sure complaints about substandard conditions like mold, leaks and rodents are dealt with, according to a new report by auditors from the Government Accountability Office.

March 29, 2020
In this Friday, March 27, 2020 photo provided by Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, makeshift hospital rooms stretch out along the floor at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York. New York Gov. Cuomo said the state wants to build four more temporary hospitals in New York City within weeks, before coronavirus cases are projected to peak. (Darren McGee/Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo via AP)

Army turning NYC’s Javits Center into hospital to fight coronavirus

The Jacob K. Javits Convention Center on 11th Avenue in New York is usually the home of events like the city's International Auto Show, but now the venue is gearing up to fight the coronavirus pandemic, with the Army Corps of Engineers readying the facility to be a temporary 1,000-bed hospital.

March 27, 2020