Major General Myatt retired from the U.S. Marine Corps in 1995 to work for Bechtel Corporation. In September 2001, General Myatt was selected to be President and CEO of the Marines’ Memorial Association. He assumed that posting on 10 September, 2001. During his Marine Corps career, General Myatt served in command and staff positions in all three active Marine Divisions. On 8 August 1990, General Myatt was assigned as the Commanding General, 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, California. A few days later, in mid-August, and in reaction to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, he deployed his Division of 22,000 Marines to Saudi Arabia as part of I Marine Expeditionary Force for Operation Desert Shield. During the 4-day ground war in February 1991, his Division defeated seven Iraqi Army divisions in zone, seized Kuwait International Airport and liberated Kuwait City. Prior to his retirement he was assigned as the Director of Expeditionary Warfare, serving in that billet until the summer of 1995 to work for Bechtel.