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Mike Glenn

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

Iran says it has developed a hypersonic missile

Iran says it has developed a hypersonic ballistic missile that is capable of penetrating an enemy nation's anti-missile system.

November 10, 2022

Maryland couple sentenced to 20 years for espionage in Navy nuclear secrets case

A civilian Navy engineer and his wife will each spend about 20 years in prison for offering to sell information about the design of nuclear-powered warships to a foreign government, the Justice Department said Wednesday after they were sentenced in federal court.

November 10, 2022

Biden administration slams Russia for sending jailed WNBA star Brittney Griner to prison camp

Jailed U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner was moved to a Russian penal colony nearly nine months after she was arrested in Moscow for allegedly possessing cannabis oil in her luggage, the White House confirmed Wednesday.

November 9, 2022

Plan to pull F-15 fighters from Okinawa sparks alarm in Congress

Republican lawmakers are sounding the alarm over the Pentagon's plan to pull dozens of U.S. F-15 Eagle jet fighters out of Japan at a moment when rising North Korean provocations and China's growing regional assertiveness have Tokyo looking to beef up its forces and expand coordination with the U.S.

November 8, 2022

Report: White House holding secret talks with Russia to prevent nuclear war

White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan is reported to be involved in secret talks with top aides to Russian President Vladimir Putin in an effort to prevent the war in Ukraine from escalating into a nuclear war.

November 7, 2022

U.S., Netherlands to give Ukraine refurbished Soviet-era tanks

The U.S. is teaming up with the Netherlands to upgrade 90 Czech T-72 tanks that will be shipped to Ukraine with new armor, optics and communications gear. Dutch defense officials told reporters some of the tanks could arrive in the country as early as next month.

November 4, 2022

South Korea scrambles jet fighters after North Korea sends 180 jets near border

South Korea scrambled dozens of combat aircraft Friday after detecting about 180 North Koren fighters flying near their shared border, the latest in a series of Pyongyang missile launches and other saber-rattling incidents that ratcheted up tensions across the region.

November 4, 2022

Austin, South Korean defense chief issue stark warning after fresh North Korean missile barrage

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and his South Korean counterpart vowed Thursday that any nuclear attack from North Korea against the United States or South Korea would mean the end of the Kim Jong Un regime.

November 3, 2022

Man drives through barrier at Pentagon, faces charges

A Virginia man drove through a barrier at the Pentagon last week, later saying his plan was to kill people, according to federal court documents.

November 3, 2022

South Korea fires back in response to North Korean 23-missile barrage

North Korea sent a fresh barrage of missiles toward South Korea on Wednesday, including at least one that crossed over the de facto maritime boundary between both countries.

November 2, 2022

China complains after reports U.S. will send B-52 bombers to Australia

China is condemning plans for the U.S. to deploy up to six B-52 bombers to an airbase in northern Australia, saying the move could spark an arms race in the Indo-Pacific region.

November 2, 2022

Grain ships leaving Ukraine despite Russia’s pullout of U.N.-brokered deal

Ships were transporting grain Monday from Ukrainian ports, despite Russia's decision to pull out of a U.N.-brokered program to export grain from the war zone.

October 31, 2022

Russian troops arriving in Ukraine without training, weapons: U.K. military officials

Russia has deployed several thousand newly mobilized reservists to Ukraine, but some have arrived on the front line without weapons, British military intelligence officials said Monday.

October 31, 2022

Somalia’s president vows to keep fighting after more than 100 killed in twin explosions in Mogadishu

Somalian President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud warned Sunday that the death toll could rise after at least 100 people were killed and nearly 300 others wounded in car bomb attacks in a busy marketplace near the country's education ministry.

October 30, 2022

Brazilians go to polls to choose between far-left ‘Lula’ or Bolsonaro, ‘Trump of the Tropics’

Voters in Brazil on Sunday are deciding whether conservative President Jair Bolsonaro will remain in office for another term or if his left-wing archrival, former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, will return to the job he held from 2003 to 2010.

October 30, 2022

U.S. to send Ukraine $275 million in military hardware amid new doubts about support

The Department of Defense is again tapping into U.S. military stock to send Ukraine $275 million in weapons and ammunition, even as the Biden administration this week announced a plan to safeguard and account for munitions sent to help Kyiv in its fight against Russian invaders.

October 28, 2022

Russia says civilian satellites involved in Ukraine conflict ‘legitimate military targets’

The Kremlin is threatening U.S. and allied civilian satellites as its faltering invasion of neighboring Ukraine enters its ninth month. A senior Russian official said they could be considered military targets if used in the conflict.

October 28, 2022

Still No. 1: China remains primary U.S. threat in Biden defense strategy blueprint

Eight months after Russia's invasion of Ukraine that has produced the biggest military conflagration in Europe since World War II, the Biden administration on Thursday rolled out the unclassified version of its 2022 National Defense Strategy (NDS) that still points to China, not Russia, as the country's No. 1 military challenge and primary strategic competitor.

October 27, 2022

Air Force confirms leak of personnel records of GOP House candidate

The Air Force late Wednesday confirmed that private details from the service record of a Republican veteran running to unseat an incumbent House Democrat in next month's midterm elections were passed to a third party by someone who did not obtain permission for the release.