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. Follow on Twitter @Meghann_MT

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It cost millions to recruit, train new troops being booted for vaccine refusal

Hundreds of trainees shipped to basic training unvaccinated and continue to refuse, flagging them for discharge.

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Tech. Sgt. Thabit Jubran, a security forces specialist in the 163d Security Forces Squadron, receives his second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine from Master Sgt. Joshua Liko, superintendent of aerospace medicine at the 163d Attack Wing at March Air Reserve Base, California, Dec. 5, 2021. (Senior Airman Neil Mabini/Air National Guard)

No active duty COVID deaths since vaccination deadlines, but reserve deaths continue

The majority of the military's COVID-19 deaths have been among members of the Reserve and National Guard.

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How the Air Force will handle Oklahoma Guardsmen who refuse COVID-19 vaccinations

Air National Guardsmen who refused COVID-19 vaccination will be transferred to the Individual Ready Reserve, with no pay or benefits.

DC Guard official says the Army is lying about its role in deploying troops on Jan. 6

National Guard officials are calling on Congress to review the Army's version of events.

Civilians may have been killed in latest US drone strike on al-Qaida in Syria

CENTCOM officials did not name the individual targeted or say how many civilian casualties may have resulted from the strike.

How extremist groups target veterans, and what can be done about it

Extremist groups might offer some familiar rhetoric to veterans.

Army reports the most racist extremism cases, Marines the most anti-government

The services fielded hundreds of reports of extremism in the first nine months of this year.

Confidence in military continues to fall after Afghanistan withdrawal: survey

Confidence has dropped sharply this year, but the survey is limited in its ability to say why.

The 109th Airlift Wing began administering COVID-19 vaccines on March 10, 2021. (Master Sgt. Christine Wood/Air Force)

Unvaccinated Guardsmen won’t be able to drill or draw federal pay: SECDEF memo

Guardsmen who refuse vaccination will not be able to participate in any drills or federal training, which could jeopardize their ability to stay in the military.

Four-star to review 2019 Syria strike that killed dozens of civilians

The report into an airstrike that killed 70 is due at the end of March.

Pentagon’s military presence review done, but details lacking on new deployments, troop plus-ups or home-port shifts

The Defense Department had no announcements to report about the global posture review's results.

Vaccines work, Pentagon says, as surge in troop COVID deaths comes to a halt

After pandemic deaths doubled over late summer and fall, the military hasn't had any in two weeks.

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Pay raises for thousands of military employees under new federal worker minimum wage

Air Force’s enlisted recruitment pipeline is drying up, general warns