Meghann Myers
Pentagon bureau chief
Meghann Myers is the Pentagon bureau chief at Military Times. She covers operations, policy, personnel, leadership and other issues affecting service members.
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Services were slow to process COVID vaccine exemptions, watchdog finds
A Pentagon evaluation found some services taking too long to process COVID vaccine exemption paperwork.
DoD attempts to get its head around how the end of Roe affects troops
About 80,000 female troops live in states with restrictive abortion access.
Navy secretary to rename USS Chancellorsville, USNS Maury
A commission compiling a list of Defense Department items named after Confederates is due to make its final recommendations to Congress by Oct. 1.
National Defense Service Medal won’t be awarded after December
The National Defense Service Medal is going into retirement on Dec. 31.
The military’s sexual assault problem is only getting worse
Not only is unwanted sexual contact rising, but fewer people are opting to report it and fewer perpetrators are being legally punished.
Troops who served during the Afghanistan withdrawal to receive awards
Units will also do reviews for individual awards.
Austin encourages discussions of costs, sacrifices of Afghanistan war
In a letter to the force, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin thanked veterans and the Gold Star families of more than 2,400 troops killed in Afghanistan.
New Pentagon group hopes to revitalize effort to reduce mishaps
The Joint Safety Council held its first meeting Friday.
Commission recommends stripping Confederate service academy honors
Several buildings, roads and monuments are recommended for changes.
Troops can now get Novavax as a COVID-19 vaccine
Novavax is not made with, nor tested on, cells descended from fetal tissue. It also doesn’t use mRNA to deliver the vaccine into cells.
