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.
About 8,000 US troops are deploying to secure evacuations from Kabul
Three thousand are heading to Kabul, with another 3,500 in Kuwait and 1,000 to Qatar.
These Mid-Atlantic bases have toxic levels of cancer-linked chemicals, report finds
PFAS contamination is affecting both groundwater and seafood in the Chesapeake Bay.
Service leaders have a month to come up with a plan to vaccinate all troops against COVID-19
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's memo calls for the services to develop mandatory vaccination plans.
DoD really has no idea who it’s hired to do private security, report finds
The Defense Department doesn't know how many private security contractors it has.
Pentagon, reacting to Biden order, working on plan for mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations
Unvaccinated service members will be subject to weekly testing, and perhaps mandatory vaccination.
‘We will do this again,’ Afghanistan IG warns of future drawn-out wars
John Sopko is not convinced the U.S. learned its lesson in Afghanistan.
DoD mask mandates are coming back for certain COVID-19 hotspots
Mask mandates are back at certain DoD facilities.
DoD dragged its feet on toxic chemical exposure prevention and clean-up, IG finds
A bureaucratic roadblock prevented the Defense Department from taking action after issuing a "risk alert."
Brain games help restore function after mild TBIs, study finds
A cognitive training program showed big improvement in functioning for mild traumatic brain injury patients.
