Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer tapped as Barracks Task Force senior advisor

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth appointed Medal of Honor recipient and U.S. Marine Corps reservist Dakota Meyer to the Pentagon’s Barracks Task Force . Meyer will now serve as Hegseth’s senior advisor to the task force , which is tasked with addressing the military’s “unacceptable” living conditions , the defense secretary announced Monday in a video on social media. “Our warfighters should be focused on training, readiness and defending this great nation,” Meyer said during the video. “They shouldn’t have to fight for basic living conditions when they come home at night.” As senior advisor,…