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.
Immigrant recruit stuck in MAVNI limbo
A MAVNI recruit overstayed his visa awaiting his background check. Then the Defense Department rejected his enlistment.
She survived the Fort Hood shooting. Now she’s counseling Dayton’s first responders.
This retired Army psychologist survived the Fort Hood shooting in 2009, and is now counseling survivors of the Dayton tragedy.
SOCOM boss calls for another ethics review
The head of U.S. Special Operations Command wants to know what's wrong with SOF culture.
Here’s what the Navy is up to in Africa
The expeditionary fast support ship Carson City is on a summer cruise around the Gulf of Guinea, helping out where it can with local navies.
Report: ISIS has been rebuilding as US troops withdraw from Syria
Since about half of 2,000 special operations and other train-advise-assist forces returned to the U.S. in the spring, ISIS has been staging a comeback, according to an inspector general report from DoD, the State Department and U.S. Agency for International Development released Tuesday.
The Pentagon wants your help in nabbing serial rapists
A confidential database could help the military identify repeated sexual predators.
Report: The US has a plan to draw down troops in Afghanistan
Officials told the Washington Post a plan is in the works, but the Pentagon is pushing back.
SEAL boss to force: ‘We have a problem’
Following more high-profile SEAL scandals, the head of Naval Special Warfare is calling for a gut-check.
The Pentagon’s top two jobs are finally filled
The Defense Department has a secretary and deputy secretary, for the first time since late last year.
