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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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In this Nov. 11, 2019, file photo, Bradley fighting vehicles are parked at a U.S. military base at an undisclosed location in Northeastern Syria, Monday, Nov. 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic) **FILE**

Iran-backed groups launch missile strikes at U.S. base in Syria

Iranian-backed proxies launched a barrage of rockets at a base in northeast Syria where U.S. forces are based as part of their mission to defeat the Islamic State terror network. The attack occurred shortly after 8 a.m. Friday, local time, and targeted coalition forces at Green Village, officials said.

March 24, 2023
Students in the new Army prep course run around a track during physical training exercises at Fort Jackson in Columbia, S.C., Aug. 27, 2022. The new program prepares recruits for the demands of basic training. The Army is trying to recover from its worst recruiting year in decades, and officials say those recruiting woes are based on traditional hurdles. The Army is offering new programs, advertising and enticements to try to change those views and reverse the decline. (AP Photo/Sean Rayford, File)

Military services face questioning over recruitment shortfalls

A tight job market, a depleted candidate pool and the lingering aftershocks of the COVID-19 pandemic are making for a grim recruiting environment for the nation's military services, top Pentagon officials told a Senate hearing Wednesday.

March 22, 2023
A soldier walks past a line of M1 Abrams tanks, Nov. 29, 2016, at Fort Carson in Colorado Springs, Colo. U.S. officials say the Pentagon is speeding up its delivery of Abrams tanks to Ukraine, opting to send a refurbished older model that can be ready faster. The aim is to get the 70-ton battle powerhouses to the war zone in eight to 10 months. (Christian Murdock/The Gazette via AP, File)

U.S. fast-tracks refurbished M1 tank delivery to Ukraine

The Defense Department is fast-tracking the delivery of M-1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine, drawing on older, refurbished models that can be delivered to the battlefield by the fall, Pentagon officials confirmed Tuesday.

March 21, 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. The Pentagon announced a new package of long-term security assistance for Ukraine on Friday, Feb. 24, 2023, marking the one-year anniversary of Russia's invasion with a $2 billion commitment to send more rounds of ammunition and a variety of small, high-tech drones into the fight. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

U.S. military depleting own arsenal to supply Ukraine as Russian war drags on

President Biden's proposed $842 billion defense budget for fiscal year 2024 focuses on countering China in Asia and Russia in Ukraine, but also targets a problem closer to home: U.S. armaments stockpiles that are running low as they strain to keep Ukraine armed against the Russian invaders.

March 13, 2023
Three Russian rockets launched against Ukraine from Russia's Belgorod region are seen at dawn in Kharkiv, Ukraine, late Thursday, March 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Vadim Belikov) ** FILE **

Russia fires hypersonic missiles in wave attacks on Ukraine

Russia fired an "unusually large" number of Kh-47M2 Kinzhal hypersonic missiles as part of a wave of long-range airstrikes that targeted critical Ukrainian infrastructure and killed at least 11 civilians, British defense officials said Friday.

March 10, 2023
The Pentagon is seen from Air Force One as it flies over Washington, March 2, 2022. Defense officials tell Congress that the military services are still reviewing possible discipline of troops who refused the order to get the COVID-19 vaccine. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Biden budget would boost Pentagon, but Republicans say not enough

Military spending would hit $842 billion in fiscal year 2024, a $26 billion increase over 2023 and nearly $100 billion higher than the 2022 baseline, under a budget released Thursday by President Biden, but GOP critics quickly said the increase was too small to meet the country's security challenges.

March 9, 2023
Villagers clear the rubble after Russia's night rocket attack ruined private houses in a village, in Zolochevsky district in the Lviv region, Ukraine, Thursday, March 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Mykola Tys)

British military: Russian AWACS aircraft damaged in drone attack

An early-warning surveillance aircraft used to guide Russian jet fighters to their targets in Ukraine was heavily damaged after being attacked by a drone, British military officials confirmed Thursday in their latest intelligence assessment of the battlefield.

March 9, 2023