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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

A M1A1 Abrams tank navigates on various types of matting systems developed by U.S. Army's Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) during a demonstration of methods used by military vehicles during amphibious operations at the Vicksburg, Miss. campus, Aug. 1, 2017. U.S. officials say that Abrams tanks needed to train Ukrainian forces have arrived in Germany, and are on their way to Grafenwoehr Army base where the training will begin in two to three weeks. (Courtland Wells/The Vicksburg Post via AP) **FILE**

M1 Abrams tanks land in Ukraine, Zelenskyy says

The first batch of U.S.-made M1 Abrams tanks has arrived in Ukraine and will soon provide Kyiv with greater combat power in its war against Russia, President Volodomyr Zelenskyy announced Monday on social media.

September 25, 2023
In this Feb. 5, 2021, photo Marine One, with President Joe Biden aboard, is seen past a member of the U.S. Air Force as it approaches Andrews Air Force Base, Md. The U.S. military must widen opportunity and improve advancement for Black service members, who remain vastly underrepresented in some areas, including among Air Force pilots and in the most senior ranks, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Wednesday, May 5. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) **FILE**

Lawmakers, Pentagon spar over ‘woke’ promotion policies

In the face of open skepticism from congressional critics, senior Pentagon officials insisted this week that promotions in the U.S. military were based on merit and skill and that the Biden administration's push for greater diversity and inclusion in the ranks was not undermining the traditional system.

September 21, 2023
Paratroopers from Fort Bragg's 82nd Airborne Division prepare to board a plane from Fort Bragg, N.C., on Monday, Feb. 14, 2022. They are among soldiers the Department of Defense is sending in a demonstration of American commitment to NATO allies worried at the prospect of Russia invading Ukraine. (Andrew Craft/The Fayetteville Observer via AP)

GAO: U.S. troops living in barracks with mold, backed-up sewage

Government investigators recently found health hazards, including mold, brown tap water and bug infestations inside a number of barracks where single military personnel live. In one case, enlisted troops living in the barracks were told to clean up the biological waste following a suicide in one of the rooms.

September 19, 2023
Assault unit commander from the 3rd Assault Brigade who goes by the call sign 'Fedia,' passes by the body of a dead Russian soldier at the frontline in Andriivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023. The 3rd Assault Brigade announced Friday they had recaptured the war-ravaged settlement which lies 10 kilometers (6 miles) south of Russian-occupied city of Bakhmut, in the country's embattled east. (AP Photo/Alex Babenko)

Zelenskyy purges more officials as fighting rages in east

Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy dismissed six top officials inside the Ministry of Defense on Monday in what appears to be a continuing crackdown amid reports of corruption inside the country's defense establishment.

September 18, 2023
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, right, talks to Chair of the NATO Military Committee, Adm. Rob Bauer during a meeting of NATO defense ministers in the Ukraine Defense Contact Group format at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys) ** FILE **

NATO’s senior officer to remain on the job for another six months

NATO defense chiefs, including Joint Chiefs Chairman Army Gen. Mark A. Milley, met over the weekend in Norway, where they agreed that Royal Netherlands Navy Adm. Rob Bauer will extend for six months his tenure as NATO's Military Committee chair, the senior officer in the North Atlantic alliance.

September 18, 2023