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.
4,000 Afghans who helped military going abroad to complete visas to U.S.
While 750 Afghans are going straight to Virginia, thousands more will go to a way station out of Afghanistan.
The military isn’t ‘distracted’ by the critical race theory conversation, SECDEF says
The Defense Department doesn't "embrace" critical race theory, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said.
Racial inequality on the table in the military’s discussion of sexual misconduct and justice
On Tuesday, a Senate Armed Services Committee panel approved language taking all serious crimes out of the traditional chain of command.
Pentagon inspector general exploring how to better secure the ‘nuclear football’
The Presidential Emergency Satchel may need some new security procedures.
National Guard pleads for Congress to reimburse half a billion for Capitol security mission
The National Guard is $521 million short after the months-long Capitol security mission.
Top generals planned to resign en masse if Trump refused to leave office: reports
The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff compared President Donald Trump to Hitler, and his administration to the birth of the Nazi party.
The Pentagon is helping State identify Afghan interpreters for evacuation
There are thousands of Afghans in the Special Immigrant Visa pipeline.
A professionalized military sexual assault and response program could be on the way
Experts recommend doing away with collateral duty victim advocates and response coordinators.
Military needs commanders who truly don’t support sexual assault, commission concludes
The Pentagon's independent review commission on sexual assault came back with dozens of suggestions
