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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 photo released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, June 8, 2023, Maj. Gen. Ivan Popov, the commander of the 58th Army, is seen in a photo at an undisclosed location. Popov said in a statement to his troops that he was dismissed after speaking out about the problems faced by his troops on the battlefield in Ukraine, a sign of new fissures in the Russian military command following a brief rebellion by mercenary chief Yevgney Prigozhin. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

Moscow cracking down on insubordinate army generals

Moscow has begun sacking commanders of military units involved in the fighting in Ukraine as part of a growing crackdown on high-level insubordination against top officials in the Defense Ministry.

July 17, 2023
Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, July 4, 2023. Russia's war in Ukraine will top the agenda when U.S. President Joe Biden and his NATO counterparts hold a summit in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius over two days starting on Tuesday, July 11. (Alexander Kazakov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) **FILE**

Putin and Wagner Group founder said to hold meeting after aborted rebellion

Russia's weird, murky power struggle got even weirder and murkier Monday, as the Kremlin revealed President Vladimir Putin met with Wagner Group head Yevgeny Prigozhin shortly after his mercenary army called off an abortive coup late last month and Mr. Prigozhin reportedly fled into exile in Belarus.

July 10, 2023
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin speaks during a meeting with German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius at the Pentagon in Washington, Wednesday, June 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Pentagon cracks down after massive intel leaks in Teixeira case

The Pentagon said Wednesday it has tightened security to keep pace with the growing number of Defense Department facilities authorized to store and process classified information and provide guidance for the personnel who guard military secrets.

July 5, 2023
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., speaks during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sept. 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool) ** FILE **

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand: Pentagon’s UFO office fully funded

Lawmakers in Washington say they have secured full funding for a Department of Defense office tasked with investigating unidentified flying objects and other phenomena, about six months after an alleged Chinese spy balloon floated across the U.S.

July 5, 2023
A Yak-130 performs during the MAKS-2017 International Aviation and Space Show in Zhukovsky, outside Moscow, Russia, on July 21, 2017. Russia is likely to cancel this year’s Moscow air show, which for decades has been a major venue for showing off new warplanes and negotiating aerospace contracts, a top official of its organizing agency said Friday June 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr, File)

Top Russian airshow canceled over security concerns, drone attacks

Russia's premier air show has been canceled because of security concerns over recent drone attacks inside the country. The International Aviation and Space Show, known by its Russian abbreviation MAKS, is held every other year at Zhukovsky International Airport outside Moscow.

July 2, 2023