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.
Special operations has an entitlement problem. Here’s how they intend to fix it.
Special operators are too obsessed with deploying, according to an internal review, and it's feeding misconduct.
Here it is, the Space Force seal.
The Space Force's official logo cribs heavily from a pop culture icon.
34 troops suffered traumatic brain injuries in Iranian rocket attack according to Pentagon update
Almost three dozen troops have been or are being treated for traumatic brain injury.
Why a huge drop in service members becoming citizens has lawmakers worried
A bipartisan group of lawmakers wants the Government Accountability Office to investigate whether citizenship policies are being upheld.
A Texas State Guardsman has created a War on Drugs service medal
There isn't an award for serving in the War on Drugs, but this lieutenant wants to change that.
Deployed 82nd Airborne unit told to use these encrypted messaging apps on government cell phones
“Unfortunately, those apps are more secure than texting in the clear, which is more or less the alternative. Granted, if a hostile party has access to the handset, that encryption isn’t particularly helpful.”
Trump says he doesn’t consider brain injuries sustained by US troops during Iran missile barrage ‘serious’
Trump told a reporter that, compared to amputated limbs, he didn't consider traumatic brain injury serious.
These Space Force uniforms look awfully familiar
Space Force has put its own spin on occupational camouflage.
New regs to restrict firearms, base access, travel for international military students
Each of the services will implement new restrictions.
