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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.

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Russian troops pet their military dog as they guard an entrance of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Station, a run-of-river power plant on the Dnieper River in Kherson region, south Ukraine, Friday, May 20, 2022. The Kherson region has been under control of the Russian forces since the early days of the Russian military action in Ukraine. This photo was taken during a trip organized by the Russian Ministry of Defense. (AP Photo) **FILE**

Abandoned Russian K-9 now working for Ukraine

A Russian military working dog reportedly abandoned on a battlefield in Ukraine has switched sides and is now helping Ukrainian soldiers detect explosives left by its former masters.

May 23, 2022
In this Jan. 31, 2015, file photo, U.S. Marines fire the M777-A2 Howitzer down range during a training exercise at Camp Wilson, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif. As Russian forces struggle to gain any traction in their war against Ukraine, the Pentagon has provided Kyiv with 90 top-of-the-line 155mm M777 howitzers to aid in the fight and is running hundreds of Ukrainian troops through special training classes to get them up to speed on the systems. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Aaron S. Patterson/Released) **FILE**

Artillery leading the fight in Ukraine

As Russian forces struggle to gain any traction in the fighting so far, the Pentagon has provided Kyiv with 90 top-of-the-line 155mm M777 howitzers to aid in the fight and is running hundreds of Ukrainian troops through special training classes to get them up to speed on the systems.

May 20, 2022
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin testifies before the House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 11, 2022. After rebuffing U.S. requests for months, Russian Minister of Defense Sergey Shoygu spoke with Austin on May 13. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Rights group slams Pentagon review of fatal Syria airstrike

The advocacy group Human Rights Watch is criticizing a new Department of Defense review of a 2019 airstrike in Syria that killed dozens of people, including women and children, saying the case "highlights fundamental and ongoing flaws" in how the U.S. deals with accountability for civilian harm.

May 19, 2022
This Jan. 9, 2014 file photo shows a sign outside of an entrance to the U.S. Naval Academy campus in Annapolis, Md. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

After grueling ‘Sea Trials,’ Naval Academy plebes can see end of testing first year

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland -- It's Oh-Dark-Thirty at the U.S. Naval Academy and the work day has begun even earlier than usual for the freshman class, known as plebes. The upperclassmen -- crusty old military veterans at 20 -- are racing through Bancroft Hall like avenging angels, banging on doors, yelling into megaphones and blasting out rock music.

May 18, 2022
In this April 23, 2019, file photo, the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy aircraft carrier Liaoning participates in a naval parade to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of China's PLA Navy in the sea near Qingdao in eastern China's Shandong province. China says it is holding naval drills involving the battlegroup of the aircraft carrier Liaoning in waters near Taiwan. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool, File)

China says second warship ready for battle, extended missions

China's second Type 055 large destroyer is ready for extended-range operations at sea after passing a range of drills that tested the ship's ability to mount air defense, maritime attack and anti-submarine operations in mock battles, China's military is claiming.

May 16, 2022
Greek soldiers prepare a plane loaded with humanitarian aid at Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport in Athens, on Sunday Feb. 27, 2022. The plane, bound for Poland, was being sent after Greece's government decided Sunday to provide humanitarian aid to Ukraine defending their country against Russia's military offensive, as well as military equipment. NATO-member Greece has traditionally friendly ties with Russia but has strongly condemned the attack ordered by Russian President Vladimir Putin. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Greece grants U.S. troops access to military bases

U.S. troops will have access to Greek military bases for five years after the country extended a bilateral military agreement, saying it was necessary to stabilize a region roiled by Russia's invasion of Ukraine and tensions in the eastern Mediterranean.

May 13, 2022