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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Pentagon won’t say if troop deployment tempo exceeds recommended goal
The Pentagon says its data on whether troops are getting three months home for every month deployed is classified.
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.
The Pentagon’s sexual assault review committee wants troop input on policy and culture change
The Defense Department's 90-day review of its sexual assault response program is getting underway.
Biden orders US airstrikes against Iran-backed militia targets in eastern Syria
President Joe Biden ordered the strikes in retaliation for recent rocket attacks on Iraq bases housing U.S. troops and contractors.
