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.
Esper punctuates WWII commemoration remarks with a warning to China
Defense Secretary Mark Esper finished his Indo-Pacific trip with remarks at the 75th anniversary commemoration of the end of World War II aboard the battleship where it happened.
The services have work to do when it comes to unconscious bias, SECDEF says
More than outright racist comments, troops tell Defense Secretary Mark Esper that they face unintentional insults.
What war with China could look like
A host of scenarios could push China and the United States into some kind of conflict.
For engineers, deployments to Pacific islands, Southeast Asia could be in the works
The Pentagon's top leadership is interested in expanding the Civic Action Team program.
Troops on Guam are weathering their second COVID-19 lockdown
As cases have spiked, ground zero for the military’s coronavirus response is sheltering-in-place once again.
Esper, first SECDEF to travel to Palau, visits with Seabees and Marines
Esper visited World War II battle wreckage and sat down with senior government officials to talk security and threats from China.
Mishandling of misconduct reports, retaliation a pattern across the National Guard
National Guard members speak out after they say their chains of command bungled their sexual assault investigations and retaliated against them for seeking justice.
Military border deployments are legally good-to-go, IG finds
Though controversial, the Defense Department's inspector general found that the Pentagon followed the law in mobilizing troops to support Customs and Border Patrol.
Trump shoots down Pentagon proposal to cut troops’ health care
A cost-savings review is still underway at the Defense Department, but the president has rejected any cuts to military health care.
