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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.

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Military officials hold a news conference in Fort Campbell, Ky., Thursday March 30, 2023, to discuss a fatal helicopter crash. Nine people were killed in a crash involving two Army Black Hawk helicopters conducting a nighttime training exercise in Kentucky, a military spokesperson said. (AP Photo/Sharon Johnson)

‘Black boxes’ from fatal Army helicopter crash recovered

Army investigators have recovered flight data recorders from two HH-60 Black Hawk helicopters that crashed in southwestern Kentucky last week, killing all nine soldiers who were aboard, officials from the 101st Airborne Division said Tuesday.

April 4, 2023
Airmen with the 436th Aerial Port Squadron use a forklift to move 155 mm shells ultimately bound for Ukraine, April 29, 2022, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Officials say the U.S. will send Ukraine about $500 million in ammunition and equipment and will spend more than $2 billion to buy an array of munitions, radar and other weapons in the future. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Defense Department sends Ukraine additional $500 million in ammo

The Pentagon will again dip into its stock of military hardware to send $500 million worth of firepower to Ukraine, including additional ammunition for the game-changing High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS), Patriot missiles, tank rounds and grenade launchers.

April 4, 2023
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Russian General Staff Valery Gerasimov talk to each other during a meeting in Moscow, Russia, on Dec. 21, 2021. (Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

Russian commander in Ukraine on the hot seat as campaign stalls

Russian Gen. Valery Gerasimov was sent from Moscow to Ukraine in mid-January to take personal command of President Vladimir Putin's troubled invasion, now in its second year. But less than three months later, he may be on the verge of becoming the latest general sacked for Russia's failures on the battlefield.

April 3, 2023
President Joe Biden watches as a carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Kareem M. Nikoui, 20, of Norco, Calif., during a casualty return Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Nikoui died in an attack at Afghanistan's Kabul airport, along with 12 other U.S. service members. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Despite deaths and chaos, Biden admin. has ‘no regrets’ over Afghanistan withdrawal

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin told lawmakers that he has "no regrets" about how the U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan was carried out, despite the quick toppling of the U.S.-backed government and the August 2021 suicide bombing at Hamid Karzai International Airport that killed 13 U.S. troops and at least 170 Afghan civilians.

April 1, 2023
Emergency responders are seen near a site where two military helicopters crashed Wednesday night during a routine training mission in Trigg County, in southwestern Kentucky, on March 30, 2023. (Brandon Smith/WSMV-TV via AP)

Army identifies soldiers killed in helicopter crash

The Army has identified nine soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division who were killed Wednesday when two Black Hawk medical evacuation helicopters crashed during a nighttime training exercise in Kentucky.

March 31, 2023
Finland's President Sauli Niinisto signs Finland's national Nato legislation in Helsinki, Finland, Thursday March 23, 2023. The Finnish president has sealed the Nordic country’s historic bid to join NATO by signing into laws the required legal amendments needed for membership in the military alliance. The president's move Thursday means Finland is now awaiting approval from Turkey and Hungary, the only two of NATO’s 30 existing members that haven’t ratified its bid. (Markku Ulander/Lehtikuva via AP)

Turkey approves Finland for NATO as Sweden still awaits membership

Finland will become the 31st member of NATO after Turkey's parliament finally approved its application to join the alliance. The decision ends months of delay as Helsinki's neighbor, Russia, continues its war against Ukraine, now in its second year.

March 31, 2023
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin testifies before the House Armed Services Committee on the fiscal year 2024 budget request of the Department of Defense, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Defense Secretary Austin: ‘No regrets’ over chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin told lawmakers that he has "no regrets" about how the U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan was carried out, despite the quick toppling of the U.S.-backed government and the August 2021 suicide bombing at Hamid Karzai International Airport that killed 13 U.S. troops and at least 170 Afghan civilians.

March 29, 2023