Meghann Myers

3 weeks ago | defenseone.com | Meghann Myers

Army senior leaders took scores of questions from both houses of Congress this week, part of a yearly ritual to justify the service’s budget request. But they didn’t have a lot of answers on the service’s recently announced transformation initiative, which aims to shed unwanted programs, field new tech and cut uniformed and civilian positions.

3 weeks ago | defenseone.com | Meghann Myers

Insights & Reports June 4, 2025 04:39 PM ET Army Asia-Pacific Logistics An Army brigade training in the Philippines has been able to 3D-print about 100 drones in the field, leaders told reporters Wednesday, in addition to sourcing and purifying their own water—all part of learning to better operate in the vast Indo-Pacific, where it’s not so easy to fly in supplies.

3 weeks ago | spaceproject.govexec.com | Meghann Myers

As drones move toward the center of modern combat, U.S. Army units are scrambling to invent ways to give soldiers the training they need. That includes exploring virtual and small-scale, home-station training environments to get more practice in between larger training exercises, leaders told reporters Friday after Exercise Arcane Thunder in Europe. “I mean, the Army’s spent 250 years perfecting places where we can shoot tanks and shoot helicopters and rifles and all those things,” said Maj. Gen.

3 weeks ago | defenseone.com | Meghann Myers

Insights & Reports The Pentagon will send some civilian employees to support the Homeland Security Department with the southern border mission and “internal immigration enforcement,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Monday. But Hegseth’s office has declined to provide any further details, including how many people are going, what their job backgrounds are, and which missions they will be fulfilling.

3 weeks ago | defenseone.com | Meghann Myers

Insights & Reports June 2, 2025 03:44 PM ET Pentagon Personnel Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth set a goal in February for the Defense Department: shed 5 to 8 percent of the civilian workforce, or roughly 60,000 employees. To accomplish that goal, the Pentagon first instituted a hiring freeze and attempted to lay off hundreds of probationary employees.