Skip to content

Listen Now

Threat Status podcast: How the U.S. can fix shipbuilding and dominate autonomy

TRENDING:
Iran
Advertisement
Author profile
Mike Glenn

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 Feb. 11, 2016, file photo, Iranian drone Shahed-129 is displayed at a rally in Tehran, Iran. A Texas man with dual U.S. and Iranian citizenship smuggled aerial drone technology to Iran, including by concealing aircraft parts in his checked luggage during multiple trips he made there every year, federal prosecutors said. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi) ** FILE **

Houston-area man accused of smuggling drone technology to Iran

A Texas man with dual U.S. and Iranian citizenship smuggled aerial drone technology to Iran, including by concealing aircraft parts in his checked luggage during multiple trips he made there every year, federal prosecutors said.

September 4, 2024
Demonstrators light a bonfire during a protest demanding a cease-fire deal and the immediate release of hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip after the deaths of six hostages in the Palestinian territory, in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Monday, Sept. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israel rips Brits for depressing arms supplies while it fights Hamas

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu slammed Great Britain's Labour government for stopping dozens of export licenses for military hardware -- including components for fighter jets, helicopters and drones -- only days after Hamas terrorists killed six hostages inside Gaza.

September 3, 2024
Houthi fighters stage a rally against the U.S. government designating Houthis as a terror group and against the U.S.-led sustained airstrikes on Yemen, near Sanaa, Yemen, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. Attacks by Houthi rebels are posing a new threat to the future of energy supplies to the European Union, which relies on imported oil and natural gas. (AP Photo /Osamah Abdulrahman, File)

Oil tanker burns after latest attack in Red Sea by Yemen’s Houthi rebels

Firefighters are struggling to control a blaze aboard a Greek-flagged tanker and oil appears to be leaking into the Red Sea after the vessel was attacked last week by Iran-backed Houthi rebels who are attempting to restrict maritime traffic through the area, Defense Department officials said Tuesday.

August 27, 2024
A U.S. Boeing AH-64 Apache attack helicopter is parked after landing at the Lielvarde military airbase in Lielvarde, Latvia, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Dmitrijs Sulzics, F64) ** FILE **

U.S. signs off on $3.5 billion helicopter sale to South Korea as war games start

The State Department has approved the sale of 36 AH-64E attack helicopters to South Korea in a deal worth at least $3.5 billion. The deal was announced Monday, the same day the U.S. and South Korea kicked off large-scale military exercises aimed at strengthening their joint defense against a nuclear-armed North Korea.

August 20, 2024
A boy rides a bicycle past the damage after a bomb explosion in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, Aug. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Hamas takes credit for suicide bombing after Blinken’s Israel landing

Hamas has claimed responsibility for a bombing in Tel Aviv late Sunday that killed the attacker and wounded a passerby soon after Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Israel to push for a U.S.-backed proposal for a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip and the release of hostages.

August 19, 2024
Ukrainian serviceman ride atop a trophy tank after returning from Russia near the Russian-Ukrainian border in Sumy region, Ukraine, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Ukraine changing the playbook as its forces continue pushing into Russia

Ukrainian soldiers are pushing deeper into the Kursk region of southern Russia for a second week and now control more than 280 square miles of enemy territory along the border. The effort defied expectations that the sortie was meant as a brief diversion in the battle with Russia.

August 15, 2024