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Mike Glenn

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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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Israeli soldiers deploy in kibbutz Kfar Azza on Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023. Hamas militants overran Kfar Azza on Saturday, where many Israelis were killed and taken captive. (AP Photo/Erik Marmor)

Border with Gaza finally sealed, say Israeli officials

The Israel Defense Forces said it has sealed the border with the Gaza Strip, three days after Hamas terrorists destroyed sections of the barrier and launched an invasion that has resulted in more than 1,000 Israelis killed or kidnapped.

October 10, 2023
Israeli soldiers take position near the Israeli Gaza border, southern Israel, Monday, Oct. 9, 2023. The militant Hamas rulers of the Gaza Strip carried out an unprecedented, multi-front attack on Israel at daybreak Saturday, firing thousands of rockets as dozens of Hamas fighters infiltrated the heavily fortified border in several locations, killing hundreds and taking captives. Palestinian health officials reported scores of deaths from Israeli airstrikes in Gaza. (AP Photo/Oren Ziv)

Ground war in Gaza holds huge risks, deep uncertainties for both sides

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly told President Biden that his armed forces have no choice but to launch a ground operation in the Palestinian enclave of Gaza, given the destruction following this weekend's deadly attacks on Israel by Hamas militants based there. But military analysts are already warning such a mission will be lengthy and likely result in high casualties on both sides.

October 9, 2023
Secretary of State Antony Blinken listens to a question during a media briefing at the State Department, Friday, Sept. 15, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Blinken: U.S. citizens killed, possibly kidnapped by Hamas

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Sunday that several Americans were killed after Hamas fighters launched an attack on Israel's southern border from the Gaza Strip, adding that some U.S. nationals may be hostages.

October 8, 2023
Fire and smoke rise following an Israeli airstrike, in Gaza City, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2023. The militant Hamas rulers of the Gaza Strip carried out an unprecedented, multi-front attack on Israel at daybreak Saturday, firing thousands of rockets as dozens of Hamas fighters infiltrated the heavily fortified border in several locations, killing hundreds and taking captives. Palestinian health officials reported scores of deaths from Israeli airstrikes in Gaza. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

Israel declares war; Iran-backed Hezbollah joins Hamas in the fight

Israel struck Iran-backed Hezbollah positions in Lebanon on Sunday in response to rocket and mortar attacks on its northern border on the second day of the country's now-declared war against Hamas militants who stormed across the southern border from Gaza.

October 8, 2023
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