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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Housing allowances are about to go up for more than 100K troops

DoD has unveiled a number of initiatives to improve quality of life for service members, including a boost in Basic Allowance in Housing for some troops.

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Military sexual assault reform is slow going, but that’s the plan

“Getting this right requires we move on expeditiously as possible to implement change, while also ensuring we do not rush to failure."

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Recruiting and retention issues also affecting the National Guard

The National Guard is going to be about 9,000 troops short on its end-strength goal for the year.

Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Gregzon Fontanilla, from Guam, prepares a COVID-19 vaccine aboard amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7), May 10, 2022. (Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Malcolm Kelley/Navy)

Services may be improperly denying vaccine religious waivers, IG says

A DoD IG review of religious waivers to COVID vaccines shows the services may be failing to provide individualized assessments, required by federal law.

DoD attempts to get its head around how the end of Roe affects troops

About 80,000 female troops live in states with restrictive abortion access.

Navy secretary to rename USS Chancellorsville, USNS Maury

A commission compiling a list of Defense Department items named after Confederates is due to make its final recommendations to Congress by Oct. 1.

National Defense Service Medal won’t be awarded after December

The National Defense Service Medal is going into retirement on Dec. 31.

The military’s sexual assault problem is only getting worse

Not only is unwanted sexual contact rising, but fewer people are opting to report it and fewer perpetrators are being legally punished.

2021 was one of the Army’s worst years ever for sexual assault

Both reporting and prevalence of sexual assault spiked.

Troops who served during the Afghanistan withdrawal to receive awards

Units will also do reviews for individual awards.

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Meghann Myers

Pentagon bureau chief

All Stories By Meghann

DoD has unveiled a number of initiatives to improve quality of life for service members, including a boost in Basic Allowance in Housing for some troops.

“Getting this right requires we move on expeditiously as possible to implement change, while also ensuring we do not rush to failure."

The National Guard is going to be about 9,000 troops short on its end-strength goal for the year.

A DoD IG review of religious waivers to COVID vaccines shows the services may be failing to provide individualized assessments, required by federal law.

About 80,000 female troops live in states with restrictive abortion access.

A commission compiling a list of Defense Department items named after Confederates is due to make its final recommendations to Congress by Oct. 1.

The National Defense Service Medal is going into retirement on Dec. 31.

Not only is unwanted sexual contact rising, but fewer people are opting to report it and fewer perpetrators are being legally punished.

Both reporting and prevalence of sexual assault spiked.

Units will also do reviews for individual awards.

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