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.
No Afghan family members of U.S. troops have been eligible to come to the U.S. Here’s why
Dozens of family members would like to leave Afghanistan, but there isn't a special emigration process for them.
Extremist crimes among veterans on the rise for the past decade, study finds
Cases jumped dramatically in 2017, 2020 and 2021, according to the report.
Military food insecurity is getting a Pentagon-level review
The Pentagon is giving its personnel chief 90 days to come up with a plan to address economic insecurity in the force.
‘We must work harder,’ SECDEF says as Pentagon grapples with civilian casualties of airstrikes
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin pledged to review strike procedures to better avoid casualties.
Oklahoma’s vaccine mandate rejection won’t apply to Guardsmen going to drill weekend, DoD argues
Oklahoma Guardsmen who refuse COVID-19 vaccination could be separated from federal service, but still serve in the state militia.
Fort Lee ends Afghan resettlement effort
The first U.S base to house Afghan evacuees has resettled its population.
21-year-old soldier’s death last year attributed to COVID-19
To date, 75 troops have died of COVID-19 complications.
The services aren’t screening for suicide risk and assuring resources for separating troops, IG finds
The Defense Department inspector general released its findings Friday.
The services haven’t been properly handling sexual assault cases, IG finds
Special victims investigators and prosecutors are not being assigned to every sexual assault case, in violation of regulation.
