The commander of a House Drive base in Greenland was fired Thursday, hours after the revelation that she had despatched an e-mail distancing the bottom from Vice President JD Vance’s feedback throughout a current go to.
Pituffik House Base commander Col. Susan Meyers was faraway from command “for lack of confidence in her skill to guide,” the House Drive mentioned in a press release Thursday night.
“Commanders are anticipated to stick to the best requirements of conduct, particularly because it pertains to remaining nonpartisan within the efficiency of their duties,” the House Drive mentioned.
Navy.com reported Thursday that Meyers despatched an e-mail to Pituffik personnel on March 31, days after Vance’s go to to the bottom, that appeared supposed to foster solidarity between U.S. service members and personnel stationed there from different international locations, together with Denmark and Greenland.
“I don’t presume to know present politics, however what I do know is the issues of the U.S. administration mentioned by Vice President Vance on Friday should not reflective of Pituffik House Base,” Meyers reportedly wrote.
Meyers additionally reportedly wrote that over the weekend, she thought an amazing deal about “the actions taken, the phrases spoken [during Vance’s visit], and the way it should have affected every of you.”
Meyers pledged within the message that so long as she is in control of the bottom, “all of our flags will fly proudly — collectively.”
Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell retweeted Navy.com’s story on the e-mail and added a screenshot of the announcement of Meyers’ firing.
“Actions to undermine the chain of command or to subvert President Trump’s agenda is not going to be tolerated on the Division of Protection,” Parnell wrote on X.
In his second time period, President Donald Trump has intensified his need to take management of Greenland, a semi-autonomous territory partially ruled by Denmark. Greenland is strategically situated, and has important useful resource reserves together with oil, pure fuel, minerals and uncommon earth components.
In his March 28 go to to Pituffik, Vance rankled Danish allies by alleging “Denmark hasn’t executed an excellent job at holding Greenland secure.”
“Our message to Denmark could be very easy: You haven’t executed an excellent job by the individuals of Greenland,” Vance mentioned. “You have got underinvested within the individuals of Greenland and you’ve got underinvested within the safety structure of this unbelievable, lovely landmass stuffed with unbelievable individuals. That has to alter.”
Danish Overseas Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen made his displeasure with Vance’s feedback identified in a video on social media later that day.
“We’re open to criticism,” Rasmussen mentioned. “However … we don’t admire the tone during which it’s being delivered. This isn’t the way you communicate to your shut allies, and I nonetheless contemplate Denmark and the USA to be shut allies.”
Rasmussen mentioned Denmark and Greenland stay open to discussing a larger U.S. navy presence in Greenland.
Meyers grew to become commander of the set up and the 821st House Base Group in July 2024.
Col. Shawn Lee is now accountable for the bottom, the service mentioned. Meyers was fired by Col. Kenneth Klock, commander of House Base Delta 1 at Peterson House Drive Base in Colorado.
Stephen Losey is the air warfare reporter for Protection Information. He beforehand coated management and personnel points at Air Drive Instances, and the Pentagon, particular operations and air warfare at Navy.com. He has traveled to the Center East to cowl U.S. Air Drive operations.
