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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 Oct. 22, 2019, photo, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau celebrates with his wife, Sophie Gregoire Trudeau, in Montreal after winning a minority government. Trudeau's office says Sophie Gregoire Trudeau has tested positive for the coronavirus. (Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press via AP) **FILE**

Canadian company confident it has a coronavirus vaccine

A Canadian pharmaceutical company says it has developed a viable vaccine candidate to treat the novel coronavirus and expects to begin human trials by the summer.

March 13, 2020

Gen. Robert Abrams, looks to the dais as he testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018. Gen. Abrams is nominated to take command of U.S. and allied forces in South Korea. He says the decision to cancel several major military exercises on the Korean peninsula this year caused a slight degradation in the readiness of American forces. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

Gen. Robert Abrams, chief of forces in Korea: Fighting the coronavirus like it’s an enemy

The commanding general of U.S. military forces in Korea is treating the fight against COVID-19 like it was a deadly enemy force rather than merely an illness requiring medical treatment.

March 13, 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, Iraq. Iraq's military on Thursday said it opened an investigation into the rocket attack that hours earlier killed three servicemen, including two Americans, at an Iraqi base housing coalition forces that has been used as a training base for a number of years. (Media Security Cell via AP)

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

U.S. Air Force pilots based in England look on a Japan Kawasaki C-2 tactical military transport aircraft at Paris Air Show, in Le Bourget, north east of Paris, France, Tuesday, June 18, 2019. The world's aviation elite are gathering at the Paris Air Show with safety concerns on many minds after two crashes of the popular Boeing 737 Max. (AP Photo/ Francois Mori)

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

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

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. 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

Security forces try to disperse anti-government protesters during clashes in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, March 6, 2020. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban) **FILE**

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

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, second left, addresses Ukrainian soldiers as Canadian Army Lieutenant General Jean-Marc Lanthier stands at center, and commander of U.S. Army in Europe Christopher Cavoli stands right, during military drills in base Honcharivske, Chernihiv region, Ukraine, Monday, Dec. 3, 2018. Ukraine’s president announced a partial call-up of reservists for training amid tensions with Russia, saying Monday that the country needs to beef up its defenses to counter the threat of a Russian invasion. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

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

A passenger waves aboard the Grand Princess off the coast of San Francisco as a media boat approaches on Sunday, March 8, 2020. The cruise ship is expected to dock Monday for novel coronavirus quarantine after multiple people tested positive for the virus. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

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

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

In this March 25, 2015, photo, U.S. Army soldiers from the 25th Infantry Division's 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team and South Korean soldiers take their positions during a demonstration of the combined arms live-fire exercise as part of the annual joint military exercise between South Korea and the United States at the Rodriquez Multi-Purpose Range Complex in Pocheon, north of Seoul, South Korea. The South Korean and U.S. militaries have postponed on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020, their annual joint drills out of concerns over a virus outbreak. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man) **FILE**

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

A screen reads: "Coronavirus COVID-19. I protect myself, I protect others" at the Gare du Nord train station in Paris, Wednesday, March 4, 2020. With the COVID-19 virus taking firmer hold in Europe, the continent is facing the same complications seen in Asia weeks ago. (AP Photo/Bertrand Combaldieu)

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

In this Sept. 19, 2019, file photo, an F-35 fighter jet arrives at the Vermont Air National Guard base in South Burlington, Vt. (AP Photo/Wilson Ring, File) ** FILE **

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

In this June 4, 2017, file photo, New Army recruits take part in a swearing-in ceremony before a baseball game between the San Diego Padres and the Colorado Rockies in San Diego. A year after failing to meet its enlistment goal for the first time in 13 years, the U.S. Army is now on track to meet a lower 2019 target after revamping its recruitment effort. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

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

In this May 16, 2019, file photo, Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., commander of the U.S. Pacific Air Forces, talks to a select group of journalists during the course of his visit to the Philippines in suburban Pasay city, south of Manila, Philippines. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez, File)

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

In this Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020, photo, a U.S. military policeman and South Korean security persons U.S. Army base Camp Walker, in Daegu, South Korea. The U.S. and South Korean militaries, used to being on guard for threats from North Korea, face a new and formidable enemy that could hurt battle readiness: a virus spreading around the world that has infected more than 1,200 people in South Korea. (Kim Hyun-tae/Yonhap via AP)

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

Defense Secretary Mark Esper, left, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Mark Milley, right, during a briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, Monday, March 2, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) **FILE**

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

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

Columns of smoke rise after airstrikes hit the Idlib province, Syria, on Thursday. Nearly three dozen Turkish soldiers were killed during a Syrian airstrike causing a sharp escalation in a growing conflict between the two countries. (ASSOCIATED PRESS )

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