Space Force Col. Susannah Meyers fired after email about JD Vance’s Greenland visit surfaces

The serviceman successful complaint of a US Space Force guidelines successful Greenland was stripped of her bid aft she sent retired a wide email that distanced herself from statements by Vice President JD Vance and nan Trump management days aft his visit past month.

The Space Force announced precocious Thursday that it removed Col. Susannah Meyers arsenic commandant of Pituffik Space Base “for nonaccomplishment of assurance successful her expertise to lead.”

“Commanders are expected to adhere to nan highest standards of conduct, particularly arsenic it relates to remaining nonpartisan successful nan capacity of their duties,” nan Space Operations Command’s statement read.

Meyers, who assumed power of nan 821st Space Base Group successful July 2024, sent a wide email to nan troops successful her bid stating that nan views discussed by Vance during his sojourn connected March 28 “are not reflective of Pituffik Space Base.”

“[I] spent nan play reasoning astir Friday’s sojourn — nan actions taken, nan words spoken, and really it must person affected each of you,” she wrote to her subordinates successful nan email obtained by Military.com and verified by nan Space Force.

“I do not presume to understand existent politics, but what I do cognize is nan concerns of nan US management discussed by Vice President Vance connected Friday are not reflective of Pituffik Space Base.”

“I perpetrate that, for arsenic agelong arsenic I americium fortunate capable to lead this base, each of our flags will alert proudly — together,” Meyers wrote successful her email.

Meyers sent retired nan email connected March 31, seemingly upset complete comments made by Vance astir perchance annexing Greenland.

Meyers — who spent astir 20 years arsenic an Air Force serviceman earlier jumping branches to nan Space Force successful May 2021 — oversaw roughly 200 airmen and guardians while successful bid of nan US’s northernmost subject installation.

Durning Vance’s visit, The Post witnessed Meyers speaking astir her plans to discontinue successful the next fewer months. 

The veep and nan commandant besides had a pleasant speech astir polar plunges earlier nan briefing, pinch Meyers smiling and laughing arsenic Vance publication retired a certificate he saw successful her agency astir nan plunge, including a statement astir “lusty seals.”

In total, 650 men and women, including civilian contractors from Greenland, Denmark and Canada, unrecorded and activity astatine Pituffik Space Base.

Space Operations Command announced that Col. Shawn Lee replaced Meyers arsenic Pituffik’s commanding officer.

“Actions to undermine nan concatenation of bid aliases to subvert President Trump’s schedule will not beryllium tolerated astatine nan Department of Defense,” nan adjunct to nan caput of defense for nationalist affairs, Sean Parnell, wrote connected X, on pinch nan Space Force’s announcement.

Vance property caput Taylor Van Kirk said successful a statement: “Vice President Vance is grateful for his sojourn to Pituffik Space Base and for nan opportunity to meet pinch our brave servicemen and women stationed there.”

“President Trump has made his imagination for an enhanced information footprint successful nan arctic abundantly clear, and nan Vice President is committed to implementing nan President’s agenda. This includes strengthening nan business and practice betwixt nan United States and Greenland, which is captious for some American nationalist information and nan information of our partners worldwide.” 

Members of nan Senate Armed Services Committee celebrated Meyers’ removal successful a bid of X statements, pinch Sens. Jim Banks (R-Ind.), Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) and Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) each praising nan quickness of nan DOD successful getting her out.

During his trip, Vance slammed Denmark for not doing a “good occupation by nan group of Greenland” and called retired Copenhagen for not investing much into nan world’s largest island’s “security architecture.”

“When nan president says ‘We’ve sewage to person Greenland,’ he’s saying this land is not safe,” Vance responded to a mobility from The Post, singling retired Russia and China arsenic imaginable threats.

“Our connection to Denmark is very simple: You person not done a bully occupation by nan group of Greenland. You person underinvested successful nan group of Greenland, and you person underinvested successful nan information architecture of this incredible, beautiful onshore wide filled pinch unthinkable people.”

Trump many times expressed his desire to return power of Greenland and antecedently said he would not rule retired utilizing “military force” to make it happen.

However, Vance said nan island’s astir 57,000 imperishable residents would first person to take independency and past participate into business talks pinch nan US.

Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen scolded nan Trump administration’s “tone” aft Vance’s visit.

“We are unfastened to criticism, but fto maine beryllium wholly honorable — we do not admit nan reside successful which it is being delivered,” Rasmussen said successful a video connection successful English connected X.

“This is not really you speak to your adjacent allies.”

Rasmussen cited nan 1951 US-Denmark statement that allowed nan US to build much subject bases successful Greenland and noted that some countries are portion of NATO and, therefore, stock information responsibilities connected nan land already.

Initially overseen by nan Air Force and named nan Thule Defense Area, nan Greenland guidelines was overtaken by nan Space Force successful 2023 and renamed nan Pituffik Space Base.