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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 May 7, 2020, file photo Charles Q. Brown, Jr., nominated for reappointment to the grade of General and to Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force, testifies during a Senate Armed Services Committee nominations hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Senate on Tuesday, June 9, unanimously confirmed Gen. Charles Brown Jr. as chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force, making him the first black officer to lead one of the nation's military services. (Kevin Dietsch/Pool via AP, File) **FILE**

Air Force chief says service must adapt for future battles

After more than 20 years focused on the Middle East, the U.S. Air Force must evolve if it is to stay relevant on future battlefields against near-peer adversaries like China and Russia, one of the service's top officials acknowledged Wednesday.

June 22, 2022
In this Aug. 1, 2010 file photo, South Korean Army soldiers search for landmines near the demilitarized zone that separates the two Koreas in Yeoncheon, north of Seoul, South Korea. The White House announced Tuesday a new policy curtailing the use of anti-personnel land mines by the U.S. military, reversing a more permissive stance that was enacted by former President Donald Trump. Under the policy, such explosives will still be allowed to defend South Korea against a potential attack by North Korea, but otherwise they will be banned. (Lim Byung-shick/Yonhap via AP, File)

Biden reverses Trump-era policy on land mines with revived ban

The Biden administration announced Tuesday that the military will no longer develop, produce or export anti-personnel land mines and will restrict their use outside the Korean Peninsula. Any anti-personnel mines not earmarked for South Korea's defense will be destroyed, administration officials said.

June 21, 2022
U.S. troops launched a counterterrorism operation on Thursday that resulted in the capture of an experienced Islamic State bomb maker who also was identified as a top leader of the ISIS branch in Syria. Photo: Aleppo, Syria 18 NOV 2017. Logos written by ISIS fighters on the walls. Mohammad Bash via Shutterstock. ** FILE **

U.S. troops in Syria capture senior ISIS leader

U.S. troops launched a counterterrorism operation on Thursday that resulted in the capture of an experienced Islamic State bomb maker who also was identified as a top leader of the ISIS branch in Syria.

June 16, 2022
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, shakes hands with France's President Emmanuel Macron at the end of a conference at the Mariyinsky palace in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, June 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

EU leaders arrive in Ukraine for first visit since invasion

French President Emmanuel Macron visited Ukraine Thursday along with the leaders of Germany and Italy in what was described as a "display of solidarity" with a country still soliciting firepower to fight Russia's unprovoked invasion.

June 16, 2022
A torn Ukraine flag waves among debris in a school destroyed in a Russian bombing in Bakhmut, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, May 24, 2022. The town of Bakhmut has been coming under increasing artillery strikes, particularly over the last week, as Russian forces try to press forward to encircle the city of Sieverodonetsk to the northeast. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) ** FILE **

Fighting remains fierce in disputed Donbas region of Ukraine

The main bridges connecting the contested town of Sieverodonetsk and Ukrainian-held territory in the disputed Donbas region have likely been destroyed, which means Russian troops may be required to attempt a risky river-crossing operation to continue their operations, British military officials said Thursday.

June 16, 2022
From left, U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Ukraine's Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov attend the Ukraine Defense Contact group meeting ahead of a NATO defense ministers' meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, June 15, 2022. NATO defense ministers, attending a two-day meeting starting Wednesday, will discuss beefing up weapons supplies to Ukraine, and Sweden and Finland's applications to join the transatlantic military alliance. (Yves Herman, Pool Photo via AP)

Austin announces latest support package to Ukraine

The U.S. on Wednesday announced a new $1 billion security assistance package for Ukraine as the country continues to endure brutal pounding from Russian artillery in the country's disputed Donbas region, now the focus of Moscow's unprovoked invasion that began in late February.

June 15, 2022
In this June 3, 2011, file photo, the Pentagon building is seen from air from Air Force One. The Pentagon is reportedly reviewing its information warfare operations after social media companies cracked down on a pro-American influence operation with potential ties to the U.S. government. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File) **FILE**

House rolls out $761 billion defense funding bill, tracking Biden request

The House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday fired the opening salvo in the battle over defense dollars with the release of a proposed blueprint for the coming fiscal year that funds a number of weapons systems, provides new security assistance to Ukraine and includes a number of hot-button policy provisions as well.

June 14, 2022
In this file photo taken from a video distributed by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020, a rocket launches from missile system as part of a ground-based intercontinental ballistic missile test launched from the Plesetsk facility in northwestern Russia. A Swedish arms watchdog says the world’s stockpiles of nuclear weapons are expected to increase in coming years after declining since the end of the Cold War. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP, File)

More upgrades, more bombs: Report says world’s nuke arsenal growing

The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute says the world's nuclear arsenal is expected to grow in the coming decades due to modernization programs by the nine nuclear-powered states -- Russia, the United States, China, the United Kingdom, France, India, Pakistan, Israel and North Korea.

June 14, 2022