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.
Policy allowing parent cadets, mids to stay in school coming soon
The Pentagon has missed its Dec. 27 deadline by months.
Pentagon again denies helping Ukraine attack targets inside Russia
Moscow is accusing Ukraine of launching attacks inside Russia with U.S. help
Tips for generals: how to navigate politics without partisanship
How to stay out of partisan fights in a politically charged environment.
Why 20 years wasn’t enough to train the Afghan army to win
New inspector general report explores the collapse of the Afghan security forces.
Pentagon sets deadline for services to stop enforcing vaccine mandate
The services have until March 17 to end all enforcement of the former COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
Keeping firearms out of easy reach key to preventing military suicides
An independent commission made more than 100 recommendations to the Pentagon to prevent rising troop suicides, including restricting access to guns.
Here’s your first look at that Chinese spy balloon
An Air Force U-2 spy plane snapped a picture of what Pentagon officials said was a Chinese balloon.
Ukrainian battalion completes first combined-arms training in Germany
More than 600 troops trained on the Bradley fighting vehicle.
Chinese spy balloon clean-up complete
An F-22 fighter jet shot the balloon down on Feb. 4.
