Mike Glenn

1 week ago | washingtontimes.com | Mike Glenn

The Army could eliminate as many as 40 headquarters-level slots for generals and push scores of desk-bound officers and sergeants back to field units as part of a wide-ranging reorganization effort of the nation’s largest military service. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth this week ordered the Army to streamline its force structure and transform “at an accelerated pace” by divesting itself of outdated and inefficient programs.

2 weeks ago | washingtontimes.com | Mike Glenn

The commander of the joint U.S.-Canadian North American Aerospace Defense Command told the House Armed Services Committee that he envisions President Trump’s Golden Dome missile shield as multiple overlapping defense domes capable of defeating everything from high-altitude ballistic missiles to lower-flying threats such as cruise missiles and unmanned aerial systems. Air Force Gen. Gregory M.

2 weeks ago | washingtontimes.com | Mike Glenn

A senior Russian general convicted of illegally selling construction materials will spend at least five years in a penal colony after a military court last week rejected his request to return instead to the front lines in Ukraine. Ex-Major Gen. Ivan Popov, a former commander of Russia’s 58th Combined Arms Army, was stripped of his military rank and fined about $9,600 after his conviction for large-scale fraud and forgery, British military officials said Wednesday.

2 weeks ago | washingtontimes.com | Mike Glenn

The costs to maintain, operate and modernize America’s nuclear forces through 2034 are expected to rise to $946 billion, a 25% increase from the estimates released in 2023, said officials with the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office. U.S. nuclear forces include ballistic missile-firing submarines; land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles, and long-range bomber aircraft — commonly called the nuclear triad — along with the warheads they carry.

2 weeks ago | washingtontimes.com | Mike Glenn

Federal authorities in Colorado Springs, Colorado, detained and questioned more than a dozen active-duty soldiers early Sunday after a raid on an underground nightclub frequented by members of the MS-13 and Tren de Aragua street gangs. About 200 people were in the club when several federal law enforcement agencies launched the operation at the illegal club, authorities said, adding that more than half of the people in the club were illegal immigrants.