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.
After COVID-19 ‘spike’ in CENTCOM, more vaccine on the way to deployed troops
Central Command saw a small spike in COVID-19 cases last month. Now more vaccines are on the way.
DoD didn’t put enough thought into the cost of border deployments, report finds
The Government Accountability Office found the Pentagon failed to plan for and report on the results of border wall deployments.
Inside the Pentagon’s plan to keep extremists from joining up
A report to Congress explores options for strengthening recruiting procedures to weed out domestic extremists.
Pentagon to help stand up 10 more COVID mass vaccination sites, mission could last much of 2021
A total of 35 FEMA-backed sites are either up and running or in the works.
Documents detail legal fight to make the Pentagon share Middle East troop numbers
A Freedom of Information Act lawsuit reveals Middle East troop numbers the Pentagon sought to obscure.
Former White House doc denies allegations, says scathing IG report is result of his support for Trump
The Defense Department inspector general recommends that the Navy take action against Rep. Ronny Jackson.
How to hold an extremism stand-down
The Pentagon has posted guidance for commanders on how to start the discussion about extremism.
This is what it’s like for troops serving at a mass vaccination site
Hundreds of active-duty troops and National Guardsmen are doing up to 6,000 vaccinations a day.
Austin mulling whether to send carrier Ike back to the Middle East
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin visited the carrier Nimitz as they finished another record-breaking deployment.
