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.
With Pfizer approval, COVID-19 vaccine to become mandatory for troops
The Pfizer vaccine will be the first to become requiring for service members.
Inside the mission to rescue 169 Americans from a hotel outside the Kabul airport
The 169 Americans had met up intending to walk through the gate, until the security situation changed.
Five troops, including first Marine, dead from COVID-19 during pandemic’s deadliest week
The COVID-19 mortality rate for troops has grown 25 times in the past few months.
President Biden suggested rescue operations in Kabul. What comes next?
Biden signaled he is open to allowing troops into Kabul to rescue Americans.
US military can get 9,000 a day out of Afghanistan, but there’s no security outside of the airport
More than 7,000 people have gotten out of Kabul since Saturday.
No time for coulda, woulda, shoulda on Afghanistan, top military officials say
The evacuation mission remains constrained to the Kabul airport.
Final inspector general report details all the ways the U.S. failed in Afghanistan
While progress was made, there was little faith that they could sustain without a U.S. presence.
Flights to leave hourly from Kabul airport, if evacuees can get there
Flights should be leaving hourly by Wednesday, according to an official.
Military deploying medical assistance teams to battle COVID-19 surges
Five teams will be ready to deploy.
