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.
Some troops to spend the next month painting border fence with Mexico
U.S. troops are about to start painting a section of the border fence between California and Mexico.
Overturned West Point rape case sends ‘hugely negative message,’ former Air Force prosecutor says
The judges' decision further stigmatizes already discouraged survivors of military sexual assault at a time when reports of assault and harassment are on the rise, a former Air Force chief prosecutor told Military Times on Wednesday.
A more accurate, completely digital DD 214 is on its way
A new military discharge document could be streamlined, easier to correct and available online.
This report says black and Hispanic service members are more likely to face trial
What data is available shows a bias against minorities in courts-martial, but the Government Accountability Office thinks the services should do a better job keeping track.
Dunford: The military shouldn’t just grow for the sake of it
Even if there's funding for growing force structure, he said, the services shouldn't grow if they can't keep new units trained and manned.
There are real reasons to be wary of Iran, Joint Chiefs chairman says
The U.S. is beefing up its presence in the Middle East in response to perceived threats from Iran, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs said, but it is not a provocation to war.
Set on fire by a colleague, this Army nurse is taking her story to Capitol Hill
Capt. Katie Blanchard is hoping to give a voice to service members harmed by negligence.
Sen. McSally has ideas about preventing sexual assaults at service academies
Military leaders join "national discussion" on the pervasive problem.
Spec ops in trouble: Mired in scandal and under Pentagon review, what will it take to clean house?
Crimes and suicides among spec ops troops set off alarms for Congress, which ordered a Pentagon review of what's happening to the force.
