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.
Trump campaign ad targeting mail-in voters, featuring Esper and Milley, raises ethics questions
The Pentagon's top civilian and military officials are featured in a Trump campaign ad, despite their apolitical positions.
Milley ducks endorsement of Trump’s Afghanistan exit timeline
The Joint Chiefs chairman is not ready to speculate on a potential U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Senior military leaders will have access to same COVID-19 treatments as Trump
Two four-stars have contracted COVID-19. Should they need them, the military health system has the most advanced therapies available on hand.
Small rotations to far-flung Southeast Asian countries are likely the future of INDOPACOM assignments
The days of "fixed bases in fixed places" could be coming to an end.
Military suicides went down in the last year, but 2020 may end up reversing that trend
Military suicides dropped last year, but preliminary numbers show that 2020 could reverse that progress.
National Guard suicides went down in 2019. Now comes the trauma of 2020.
The National Guard's record-high 2018 suicide rate came down in 2019. Rather than declaring victory, officials are turning their attention to the stress of 2020.
Pentagon’s plan to rearrange forces in Europe gets the third degree from both sides of the aisle
Though the Pentagon has proposed moving 12,000 troops out of Germany, officials could not offer details about the cost or the proposed timeline for carrying out the plan.
Fifth Army reservist dies of COVID-19, the eighth service member overall
An Army Reserve noncommissioned officer with 27 years in service became seventh soldier to die of COVID-19 complications.
Services to consider removing all identifying information from promotion board packets
After photos, names and genders are next to come off of promotion board packets.
