Greenland Base Commander Fired After Rejecting JD Vance’s Comments | EUROtoday

Col. Susan Meyers, the commander of Pituffik Space Base in Greenland, was faraway from her position on Thursday following a report detailing an e mail she wrote distancing herself from Vice President JD Vance’s feedback throughout his go to to the Danish semi-autonomous territory.

An announcement launched by the U.S. Space Force mentioned Meyers was taken off the job by Col. Kenneth Klock “for loss of confidence in her ability to lead.”

“Commanders are expected to adhere to the highest standards of conduct, especially as it relates to remaining nonpartisan in the performance of their duties,” the assertion provides.

Meyers is being changed by Col. Shawn Lee.

While the U.S. army has not specified a cause for her removing, Chief Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell accused Meyers of undermining Trump’s priorities.

“Actions to undermine the chain of command or to subvert President Trump’s agenda will not be tolerated at the Department of Defense,” Parnell wrote on X, previously Twitter, citing an article revealed by Military.com on Thursday reporting an e mail purportedly written by Meyers, breaking with Vance’s feedback throughout his Greenland go to.

Parnell’s message was reposted by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

Prior to Meyers’ dismissal as commander of the 821st Space Base Group, Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) had known as for an investigation into the report, claiming that, if true, her e mail represented an “extraordinary and deeply troubling action for a sitting military commander.”

“This behavior, if left unchecked, undermines civilian control of the military and sets a dangerous precedent within the ranks,” he wrote in a letter to the performing Secretary of the Air Force Gary Ashworth.

In the message addressed to all personnel on the base on March 31, three days after Vance’s journey, Meyers mentioned she had spent lots of time contemplating how the vice chairman’s feedback could have impacted them, in line with Military.com.

Beside U.S. Air Force and Space Space Force employees, the bottom additionally hosts Canadian, Danish and Greenlandic civilian contractors.

“I do not presume to understand current politics, but what I do know is the concerns of the U.S. administration discussed by Vice President Vance on Friday are not reflective of Pituffik Space Base,” she wrote in her message, the outlet reported.

“I commit that, for as long as I am lucky enough to lead this base, all of our flags will fly proudly ― together,” her message reportedly continued.

During his go to to the bottom final month, Vance claimed Denmark had failed Greenland.

Greenland would fare higher “under the United States’ security umbrella than you have been under Denmark’s security umbrella,” Vance mentioned.

“It’s the policy of the United States that that will change,” he added.

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen criticized the Trump administration’s adversarial stance throughout her go to to Greenland final week.

“This is about the world order that we have built together across the Atlantic over generations: you cannot annex another country, not even with an argument about international security,” Frederiksen mentioned.