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.
New acting Army secretary worries about ‘tremendous stress on the force,’ budget uncertainty
When the Senate confirmed Army Undersecretary Ryan McCarthy back in August, the former Ranger and Defense Department staffer knew he had his work cut out for him. Not only as a senior official in the Department of the Army, but until the Senate confirmed an Army secretary, as its top official.
West Point responds to tweets of cadet with Che Guevara tee under uniform
The U.S. Military Academy released a statement Tuesday after a recent graduate posted photos of himself with pro-communist messages hidden under his uniform and cover while still a cadet.
Former Special Forces medic to receive Medal of Honor for mission long kept secret
If he hadn’t wanted to avoid the Marine Corps so badly, retired Capt. Gary Michael ”Mike” Rose might never have been on the 1970 operation that earned him the military’s highest award for valor.
Soldiers on VP Mike Pence's detail reassigned for bringing women to their hotel
The soldiers were sent home to the U.S. and removed from their positions earlier this month after White House staff learned of their actions, according to news reports.
Infantry drill sergeants suspended after sexual assault allegations from female recruits
A group of Fort Benning drill sergeants have been suspended amid an investigation into multiple sexual assault allegations, a Fort Benning spokesman confirmed to Army Times on Wednesday.
West Point dedicates barracks to ostracized black cadet, Tuskegee Airman
Gen. Benjamin O. Davis Jr. eventually became a Tuskegee Airman and the Air Force’s first black general, but when he was just a cadet in 1932 at the United States Military Academy, no one wanted to be his roommate, let alone be his friend or speak to him unless absolutely necessary.
There are 10 posts named after Confederates. Should the Army re-name them?
As local governments and college campuses take down more and more monuments to Confederate heroes, eyes are turning to the military — particularly the Army, which has 10 installations named after Confederate officers.
Fundraiser for pregnant wife of soldier killed in Afghanistan nets $12,000 in four hours
An online fundraiser for one of two soldiers killed in a suicide attack while deployed to Afghanistan on Wednesday is rapidly gaining traction.
US service member killed in non-combat incident in Kuwait
An American service member has died while serving in Kuwait, according to a Wednesday release from U.S. Central Command.
