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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.

Articles by Mike Glenn

In this photo released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Jan. 22, 2022, servicemen of the engineer-sapper regiment take the military oath in the Voronezh Region, Russia. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) **FILE**

Russia having problems with routine military draft

Russia's faltering invasion of Ukraine is apparently adding to logistics problems in the country's routine annual military draft, which is supposed to process and train 120,000 conscripts.

October 4, 2022
In this photo provided by South Korea Defense Ministry, South Korean Air Force's F15K fighter jet fires 2 JDAM (Joint Direct Attack Munition ) bombs into an island target in South Korea, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022. The South Korean and U.S. militaries responded to a North Korea morning missile launch by launching fighter jets which fired weapons at a target off South Korea's west coast in a show of strength against North Korea. (South Korea Defense Ministry via AP)

U.S., allies stage new drills after North Korean missile soars over Japan

With the world focused on Russia's faltering invasion of Ukraine, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un managed to insert himself back into the news cycle Tuesday with the test of a new ballistic missile -- with the capacity to carry a nuclear weapon -- that streaked over Japan before plunging into the Pacific Ocean about 2,800 miles away.

October 4, 2022
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin talks during the press conference with Minister of Defence of Latvia Artis Pabriks during the press conference in Riga, Latvia, Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Roman Koksarov)

Austin calls Putin’s nuke threats ‘irresponsible’

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Sunday criticized Russian President Vladimir Putin's vow to use "all available means" to defend Russia as "an irresponsible statement," in the wake of Moscow annexing four provinces in Ukraine as Russian territory.

October 2, 2022