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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 Nov. 8, 2017, photo provided by the U.S. Department of Defense, German soldiers assigned to Surface Air and Missile Defense Wing 1, fire the Patriot weapons system at the NATO Missile Firing Installation, in Chania, Greece. President Biden said on Friday that the U.S. will move a U.S. Patriot missile system to Slovakia in exchange for Slovakia providing an S-300 air defense system to Ukraine. (Sebastian Apel/U.S. Department of Defense, via AP) ** FILE **

Patriot missile system on verge of fighting Russia on battlefield

The Patriot missile system, which first gained prominence shooting down Iraqi SCUD missiles during the 1991 Persian Gulf War, could soon find itself back in battle again, taking out Russian drones and cruise missiles in the skies over Ukraine.

December 14, 2022
Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is seen from around twenty kilometers away in an area in the Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine, Monday, Oct. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) **FILE**

U.N. watchdog to base staff at endangered Ukraine nuke plants

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will establish a permanent presence at all of Ukraine's operating nuclear power plants as well as at Chernobyl, the site of the 1986 nuclear accident, amid continuing concerns that the war with Russia's invading forces has put the sensitive sites at risk.

December 14, 2022
In this Sunday, May 29, 2016 file photo, Iraqi security forces and allied Popular Mobilization forces fire artillery during a fight against Islamic State militants in Fallujah, Iraq. Iraq's mostly Shiite militia forces say they will participate in the next major battle against IS in Iraq after victory was declared in Mosul last month. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil, File)

New warship to be named after pivotal Battles of Fallujah

The Navy secretary has named the service's newest amphibious assault ship after two battles in Iraq that included some of the deadliest urban combat that U.S. troops took part in since 1968's Battle of Hue in Vietnam.

December 14, 2022
Patriot missles are seen at the Rzeszow-Jasionka Airport, March 25, 2022, in Jasionka, Poland, as President Joe Biden arrives to board Air Force One enroute to Warsaw, Poland. U.S. officials say the Biden administration is poised to approve sending a Patriot missile battery to Ukraine, finally agreeing to an urgent request from Ukrainian leaders desperate for more robust weapons to shoot down incoming Russian fire. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) **FILE**

Pentagon preparing plans to send Patriot missiles to Ukraine

The Defense Department is reportedly finalizing plans to ship the Patriot missile system to Ukraine to help defend against a recent barrage of Russian missile and drone attacks that have destroyed key infrastructure throughout the country.

December 14, 2022
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a Summit of the Intergovernmental Council of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Friday, Dec. 9, 2022. (Sergei Bobylev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Kremlin: No withdrawal from Ukraine before end of year

The Kremlin says it will not withdraw troops from Ukraine before the end of the year unless Kyiv acknowledges the legitimacy of recent votes carried out by Russia-backed separatists in the country's embattled Donbas region.

December 13, 2022
An F-2 fighter of Japan Air Self-Defense Force is seen at Tsuiki base, Fukuoka prefecture, southern Japan in March 2010. Japan announced Friday, Dec. 9, 2022, that it will jointly develop its next-generation fighter jet with the U.K. and Italy as Tokyo looks to expand defense cooperation beyond its traditional ally, the United States. (Kyodo News via AP)

U.K., Japan, Italy team up to create next-generation fighter jet

The United Kingdom, Japan and Italy are joining forces to create a jet fighter that will merge their next-generation plans into a single air combat system. The Global Combat Air Program partnership is expected to roll out its new jet by 2035.

December 9, 2022
In this handout photo taken and released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022, Russian troops attend a artillery and combat training at a Belarusian military firing range. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

Sanctions, war demands leave battered Russian defense industry struggling to catch up

The Soviet Union supplied Marxist revolutionaries and Third World dictatorships with military hardware for decades as part of its long struggle against the capitalist West. But, 10 months after it sent tanks across the border into Ukraine, the Kremlin is facing challenges -- both technical and commercial -- to its once all-powerful weapons industry that it hasn't encountered since the Cold War.

December 3, 2022