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Meghann Myers

Meghann Myers

Staff Reporter

Meghann Myers covers land warfare and other topics for Defense One. She formerly served as Pentagon bureau chief for Military Times and reported and edited for Army Times and Navy Times. She holds a master's degree in journalism from Northwestern University. Contact her on Signal at meghannmyers.55.
Meghann Myers covers land warfare and other topics for Defense One. She formerly served as Pentagon bureau chief for Military Times and reported and edited for Army Times and Navy Times. She holds a master's degree in journalism from Northwestern University. Contact her on Signal at meghannmyers.55.
Defense

Pentagon hiring freeze holds previously approved job moves hostage

Civilians have sent their belongings overseas but are trapped at their duty stations.

Defense

‘5 bullet points’ email now a weekly task for Pentagon civilians

A short explanation of recent achievements is due every Tuesday, SecDef says in additional guidance.

Exclusive Defense

Pentagon is placing probationary employees on leave in advance of mass firings

The terminations are expected within weeks under plans to fire nearly one-tenth of DOD’s 55,000 “probies.”

Breaking News Defense

Pentagon to fire up to 61,000 workers, starting with 5,400 next week, says DOD

After the first round of firings, the Defense Department will launch a review intended to cut the civilian workforce by 5 to 8%, an official said.

Workforce

As Defense preps for mass firings, Hegseth says a hiring freeze and more firings are coming

SecDef says a "reevaluation of our probationary workforce" will be followed by a wider dismissal of "redundancies" and "underperformers."

Defense

Hegseth stands up anti-DEI task force

Some of the task force’s targets, like quotas and discriminatory promotion policies, don’t exist.