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.
State Department looking at shifts to Afghanistan security assistance
As the U.S. sorts out its next moves with Afghanistan peace, the State Department is evaluating its security assistance to the region.
At Pentagon 9/11 ceremony, Trump says he’s hitting the Taliban ‘harder than ever before’
Hundreds of current and former Defense Department employees who were in the building on Sept. 11, 2001, along with families of the 125 killed, gathered at the Pentagon’s 9/11 memorial Wednesday morning to pay their respects. In his remarks, Trump alluded to the current situation in Afghanistan, where troops have been stationed since October 2001.
These 90 Army posts have contaminated drinking water
There are now almost 300 known PFAS-contaminated military bases.
Mattis on why he went to work for the Trump administration
Mattis told an audience in Washington on Friday that his decision to become defense secretary was informed by the sense of duty he cultivated for 43 years in uniform.
National Guard chief unworried by delay in repairs to Puerto Rico hurricane damage
Some efforts to rebuild Puerto Rico National Guard facilities from Hurricane Maria damage are on hold for now.
Here’s everything the Pentagon is putting on hold to concentrate on building the border wall
The delayed programs were chosen largely either because they were upgrades or replacements to existing facilities, a senior defense official told reporters in a Pentagon briefing Wednesday, or because their contract award dates are not scheduled for a year or more.
How special ops could exploit information people are already sharing online
U.S. Special Operations Command could use information from social media profiles to profile threats or track the effectiveness of its operations.
More than 100 military construction projects could be put on hold to free up funds for a US-Mexico border wall
Defense Secretary Mark Esper has signed off on deferring construction projects to free up $3.6 billion for the U.S.-Mexico border wall.
The Coast Guard is fighting Dorian now, the National Guard soon to join the battle
Navy warships also begin to sortie out of Hampton Roads while some of the sea service's aircraft fly to safety. Other aircraft will be stowed in hardened hangars in Norfolk and Virginia Beach.
