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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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U.S. FIFTH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (Sept. 27, 2012) The Aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65), center right, the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69), and the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruisers USS Vicksburg (CG 69), far right, and USS Hue City (CG 66) are underway in formation during a passing exercise. Enterprise, Eisenhower, Vicksburg and Hue City are deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts and support missions as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. Join the conversation on social media using #warfighting. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Scott Pittman/Released) 120927-N-FI736-597 Join the conversation http://www.facebook.com/USNavy http://www.twitter.com/USNavy http://navylive.dodlive.mil

Congress tells Navy not to retire warships

The House Armed Services Committee wants to save five warships from the Navy's retirement chopping block, pushing back against the Pentagon's proposal to decommission 24 ships as part of its fiscal 2023 budget.

June 8, 2022
A Donetsk People's Republic militia's multiple rocket launcher fires from its position not far from Panteleimonivka, in territory under the government of the Donetsk People's Republic, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, May 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov)

Britain to send rocket launchers to Ukraine

Great Britain will send to Ukraine multiple-launch rocket systems (MLRS) that can strike targets up to 50 miles away with precision-guided rockets to help the country defend itself against Russian aggression, British defense officials said Monday.

June 6, 2022
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with families awarded Orders of Parental Glory via videoconference at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, June 1, 2022. (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin fires top Russian generals amid difficult campaign in Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin sacked five generals and one police colonel this week in what is believed to be a reshuffling in the top ranks of Russia's armed forces as the country continues to experience unexpectedly heavy losses amid slow progress in its 100-day invasion of Ukraine.

June 3, 2022
This 2022 aerial image provided by Ukrainian security forces, taken by a drone and shown on a screen, shows a blown-up building near the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine. The exact date and time of the image are unknown. In better times, Ukrainian drone enthusiasts flew their gadgets into the sky to photograph weddings, fertilize soybean fields or race other drones for fun. Now some are risking their lives by forming a volunteer drone force to help their country repel the Russian invasion. (Ukrainian Security Forces via AP)

U.S. to sell drones to Ukraine in coming days: Reports

The Biden administration is planning to sell to Ukraine four drones capable of firing Hellfire missiles after having scrapped a plan for transferring Polish MiG-29 jet fighters to Ukrainian forces in their war against Russia.

June 2, 2022
The M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) is a light multiple rocket launcher developed in the late 1990s for the United States Army, mounted on a standard Army M1140 truck frame. The HIMARS carries six rockets or one MGM-140 ATACMS missile on the U.S. Army's new Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV) five-ton truck, and can launch the entire Multiple Launch Rocket System Family of Munitions (MFOM). HIMARS ammunition is interchangeable with the MLRS M270A1, however it is only able to carry one pod rather than the standard two for the M270 and A1 variants. It was designed as a small, mobile, MLRS, with the ability to 'shoot-and-scoot'. The launcher is C-130 transportable. The chassis is produced by BAE Systems Mobility & Protection Systems (formerly Armor Holdings Aerospace and Defense Group Tactical Vehicle Systems Division), the OEM of the FMTV. The rocket launching system is produced by Lockheed Martin Missiles & Fire Control. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Anthony L. Ortiz / Released)

U.S. sending advanced missile system to Ukraine

The Biden administration is sending Ukraine an advanced missile system capable of striking targets up to 50 miles away, allowing them to hit further beyond Russian lines while being protected from Moscow's own artillery.

June 1, 2022
A U.S. flag flies at half-staff per presidential order in memory of those killed in the shootings at a Uvalde, Texas, school this week, at the National Cemetery of the Alleghenies in Cecil Township in Washington County, Pa., Friday, May 27, 2022. At this final resting place for honorably discharged military veterans and some of their family, the flag was to be raised at the end of the afternoon Saturday when the presidential order expires. Then it will be lowered to half-staff again Monday morning for Memorial Day. (Mary Flavin/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP)

Remembering the fallen on Memorial Day

Thousands of American military personnel are being remembered in Memorial Day ceremonies at a cemetery that sits on a quiet hillside near Cambridge University in Great Britain.

May 29, 2022
Fort Bragg shown, Feb. 3, 2022, in Fort Bragg, N.C. An independent commission is recommending new names for nine Army posts that were commemorated Confederate officers. Among their recommendations: Fort Bragg would become Fort Liberty and Fort Gordon would become Fort Eisenhower. The recommendations are the latest step in a broader effort by the military to confront racial injustice. (AP Photo/Chris Seward, File)

Naming Commission identifies new names for Army posts named for Confederates

North Carolina's storied Fort Bragg Army base should be renamed "Fort Liberty," a congressional commission recommended Tuesday in a major step forward for the Pentagon's controversial two-year push to purge from the U.S. military any links to the Confederacy and its most high-profile generals.

May 24, 2022