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.
Supreme Court justice castigates Feres Doctrine over cadet’s rape lawsuit
Justice Clarence Thomas argued it's time to rewrite the rules for troops filing claims against the government.
As counterterror missions fade, special operations finds time to fix its own problems
The special operations community is giving itself a once-over.
Unspent border wall funds will be rerouted back to military construction projects
The Defense Department gave up $3.6 billion in military construction funds to build border barriers.
Bill would create allowance for military families with food insecurity
The bill would open up SNAP benefits for many more service members.
US troops now ‘commuting to work’ to help Somalia fight al-Shabab
U.S Africa Command's senior leadership on operating in Somalia without a regular presence.
Service chiefs will weigh in on controversial plan to remove commanders’ control over sexual assault cases
The defense secretary is seeking feedback from service chiefs, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Pentagon policy experts.
‘We’re going to stay in Iraq,’ says top US Middle East commander
There are no plans to draw down in Iraq, though the defense secretary and Central Command boss talk about it reguarly.
STRATCOM boss clarifies comments on ‘zero’ extremism in his organization
Adm. Charles Richard said he hadn't found and extremists in his command.
About a third of service members have taken the COVID-19 vaccine
Numbers show the Navy has the highest vaccination rate, the Army the lowest.
