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.
With COVID-19 spiking, Pentagon OKs travel to all states save three
Only California, Florida and Michigan are still no-go zones for non-essentially Defense Department travel.
Tell us: From promotions to decisions to separate, how is the COVID-19 pandemic affecting your career?
Let us know how the pandemic has affected your thoughts about staying in the military.
As COVID-19 spikes across US, troop diagnoses jump 20 percent in a week
Defense Department coronavirus cases continue to rise, but officials have declined to comment on the spike.
The military is drawing down its U.S.-Mexico border mission. Sort of.
While the border mission is being extended, the number of troops deployed is dropping.
Hundreds of DC National Guard troops activated to help protect monuments
D.C. law enforcement have requested back-up from the National Guard.
Far-right groups like the “Boogaloo” and “O9A” continue to attract troops and veterans
After several year of arrests and investigations of far-right service members and veterans, Congress is calling on the military to track their activity.
After COVID-19 and protest response, the National Guard is gearing up for a rough hurricane season
The Guard is expecting about a third more storms this year than last, and many of its troops will be activated for the second or third time in as many months.
The military’s rate of new coronavirus cases doubled this week
More than 1,100 new cases were diagnosed in troops this week.
New Pentagon team is going to take on racial justice in the military
The defense secretary is setting deadlines for leadership to get to work on diversity and inclusion in the military.
