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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.

Articles by Mike Glenn

Pentagon: First Ukrainian troops finish training on U.S. Bradley combat vehicle

The first group of Ukrainian soldiers completed training this week on the U.S.-supplied M2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle at the Army's Grafenwoehr Training Area in Germany, U.S. military officials said Friday.

February 17, 2023

U.S. ends search off South Carolina coast for debris from suspected Chinese spy balloon

Search teams have recovered debris from a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon that was shot down Feb. 4 off the coast of South Carolina after spending nearly a week floating over military sites, officials with U.S. Northern Command said Friday.

February 17, 2023

Russian military jets tracked in U.S. air defense zone near Alaska

Combat fighter jets assigned to the U.S.-Canadian North American Aerospace Defense Command intercepted four Russian military aircraft this week that were approaching the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone. It was the second such incident in as many days, NORAD officials said.

February 17, 2023

GOP Sen. Hawley: U.S. military should focus on China, not Ukraine

As the one-year anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine approaches, a leading conservative Republican voice in Congress said it was time to let European allies take the lead in the fight to allow the U.S. military to focus its attention on China.

February 16, 2023

Belarus’ President Lukashenko says troops will fight alongside Russia only if his nation is invaded

Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko will order his troops to fight in Ukraine only if another country launches an attack on his nation, the state-run Belta news agency reported Thursday.

February 16, 2023

Vaunted Russian military overhaul fares poorly amid setbacks

Russia's abysmal battlefield record in Ukraine is calling into serious question the effectiveness of post-Soviet military reforms that were supposed to transform Moscow's army into a modern, well-equipped and competent force, according to an authoritative survey of the world's major military powers released Wednesday.

February 15, 2023

Ukraine allies vow more support, but not requested jets as Russian offensive builds

The U.S. and dozens of allies pledged more weapons, ammunition and tanks for Ukraine as a new Russian offensive gained momentum, but stopped short of promising the fighter jets Kyiv has avidly sought as the invasion nears the one-year mark.

February 14, 2023

Gen. Milley: First U.S. missile fired at object over Lake Huron missed target

A U.S. Sidewinder missile fired at a high-altitude object over Michigan missed its target on Sunday and landed in Lake Huron, the U.S. military's top general revealed Tuesday during a press conference at NATO headquarters.

February 14, 2023

Pentagon chief Austin: Get ready for Ukraine’s offensive operations in the spring

Ukraine will likely mount offensive operations against Russian invaders in the spring when battlefield conditions improve, and Kyiv's allies aim to ensure it has the weapons and training to carry it out, U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said Tuesday at NATO headquarters in Brussels.

February 14, 2023

Recovery continues for floating debris from crafts shot down by U.S. jet fighters

The three objects shot down over the weekend are "very different" from the Chinese surveillance balloon that was taken out after it journeyed across North America earlier this month, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said.

February 13, 2023

Stoltenberg: Ukraine using more ammo than NATO is providing

Ukraine's military is consuming more ammunition than Western countries are providing almost a year after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Monday.

February 13, 2023

U.S. Embassy in Moscow: Americans should leave Russia now

Americans in Russia should leave immediately because they face harassment and unlawful detention if they remain, the U.S. Embassy in Moscow said this weekend in a travel advisory.

February 13, 2023

Air Force conducts ICBM test launch in California, says mission not linked to ‘current world events’

The U.S. Air Force launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile late Thursday from Vandenberg Space Force Base in southern California. The test reentry vehicle flew about 4,200 miles to the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands, the Air Force said Friday.

February 10, 2023

Kremlin accuses West of covering up report of U.S. involvement in gas pipeline explosions

Officials in the Kremlin are accusing the West of deliberately ignoring veteran journalist Seymour Hersh's report that the U.S. was behind the sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines last year.

February 9, 2023

Zelenskyy’s surprise London trip brings pledge of pilot training against Russia

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak marked President Volodomyr Zelenskyy's surprise visit to Britain on Wednesday with a pledge that the UK would soon begin training Ukrainian pilots to fly NATO-standard jet fighters. The announcement was the clearest sign yet that Britain and its NATO allies are seriously considering supplying the combat aircraft that Kyiv has long lobbied for in its battle to repel invading Russian forces.

February 8, 2023

Britain pledges Ukrainian fighter pilot training during Zelenskyy visit

Britain announced it would train Ukrainian fighter pilots during President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's visit on Wednesday, who was making only his second foreign trip since Russia launched an invasion of his country almost a year ago.

February 8, 2023

North Korea holds parade to mark anniversary of military

Pyongyang staged a highly choreographed military parade Wednesday to mark the 75th anniversary of its military, but it wasn't clear whether North Korean leader Kim Jong-un attended, according to South Korea's Yonhap News Agency.

February 8, 2023

City council in North Dakota follows Pentagon tip, votes down Chinese corn mill plant near air base

Elected officials in Grand Forks, North Dakota, on Monday unanimously voted down plans for a Chinese-owned corn mill, following complaints from the Pentagon that the project posed a potential security risk.

February 7, 2023

Russian navy sending sub, once largest in the world, to scrapyard

The Russian navy is scrapping a ballistic missile submarine that was launched during the Cold War and provided the country with a nuclear strike capability for more than 40 years.

February 7, 2023

U.S. tracked Chinese spy balloon from the start but held off on attack, NORAD commander says

NORAD, the Pentagon's command defending North America, was tracking the Chinese surveillance balloon well before it entered U.S. or Canadian airspace, its commander said Monday, noting that at about 200 feet tall and carrying a payload the size of a jet airliner, it would have been hard for trackers to miss.

February 6, 2023

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Mike Glenn

Articles by Mike Glenn

Pentagon: First Ukrainian troops finish training on U.S. Bradley combat vehicle

U.S. ends search off South Carolina coast for debris from suspected Chinese spy balloon

Russian military jets tracked in U.S. air defense zone near Alaska

GOP Sen. Hawley: U.S. military should focus on China, not Ukraine

Belarus’ President Lukashenko says troops will fight alongside Russia only if his nation is invaded

Vaunted Russian military overhaul fares poorly amid setbacks

Ukraine allies vow more support, but not requested jets as Russian offensive builds

Gen. Milley: First U.S. missile fired at object over Lake Huron missed target

Pentagon chief Austin: Get ready for Ukraine’s offensive operations in the spring

Recovery continues for floating debris from crafts shot down by U.S. jet fighters

Stoltenberg: Ukraine using more ammo than NATO is providing

U.S. Embassy in Moscow: Americans should leave Russia now

Air Force conducts ICBM test launch in California, says mission not linked to ‘current world events’

Kremlin accuses West of covering up report of U.S. involvement in gas pipeline explosions

Zelenskyy’s surprise London trip brings pledge of pilot training against Russia

Britain pledges Ukrainian fighter pilot training during Zelenskyy visit

North Korea holds parade to mark anniversary of military

City council in North Dakota follows Pentagon tip, votes down Chinese corn mill plant near air base

Russian navy sending sub, once largest in the world, to scrapyard

U.S. tracked Chinese spy balloon from the start but held off on attack, NORAD commander says