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.
More than 20,000 troops have contracted COVID-19, as numbers continue to rise
The military has twice the number of cases today that it had six weeks ago.
Promotion packet photos are out. Name and sex could be next.
In the future, promotion board members may only see a troop's accomplishments when making a decision to select them for promotion.
Confederate flag effectively banned from military installations
Defense Secretary Mark Esper's guidance lays out which flags can be flown in public, and the criteria don't support the Confederate battle flag.
Esper directs services to review racial bias in grooming standards, training and more
Defense Secretary Mark Esper's team has come back with its first recommendations for tackling racial bias in the military.
Military’s COVID-19 cases growing at twice the nationwide rate
Cases in the military surged 33% in the past 10 days, twice the rate of new cases nationwide.
Military’s top officer is open to renaming Army posts honoring Confederate generals
Joint Chiefs chairman Army Gen. Mark Milley is willing to continue the discussion.
Top Pentagon officials offer lessons learned from military’s response to George Floyd protests
Defense Secretary Mark Esper and his top military adviser clarified issues that arose out of the military's support of law enforcement in tamping down on violent protests.
Esper tells lawmakers he’s not convinced Russia offered Taliban bounties to kill US troops
Defense Secretary Mark Esper, and his top military adviser, say they cannot corroborate reports that Russia has paid bounties to Taliban fighters targeting U.S. troops.
VA should already care for veterans with bad-paper discharges, experts say
Congress is ooking into the issue of whether the VA is wrongfully denying services to veterand with bad-paper dischrarges.
