OAN Staff James Meyers
10:14am – Friday, April 11th, 2025
The officer responsible for the base of the US Space Force in Greenland was taken from her command after sending a ton of emails that distanced her from Vice President JD Vance and the Trump administration's statements.
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Space Force announced Thursday evening that Colonel Susanna Myers had been removed as Pitafik Space Station leader “due to loss of trust in her ability to lead.”
“Commanders are expected to comply with the highest standards of conduct, especially as they are related to remaining independent in the performance of their duties,” a statement from Space Operations Command read.
Myers took over the command of 821st The July 2024 Space Group sent a message to personnel under her orders, expressing the opinions Vance discussed during his visit on March 28thth“doesn't reflect the Pituffik space base” – threatening the vice president.
“[I] I spent the weekend thinking about my Friday visit. Military.com It was verified by the Space Force.
“I don't assume I'll understand politics at the moment, but what I know is that the concerns of the US administration discussed by Vice President Vance on Friday do not reflect the Pituffik space station.”
“I promise that all of our flags will fly proudly together as long as we are lucky to lead this base,” Myers added.
She sent an email on March 31ststshowing her dissatisfaction with Vance's comments about Greenland's annexation.
The message to the entire base is considered unusual. This is because speaking publicly to a commander is not considered a movement by a military leader.
After nearly 20 years as an air force officer before switching branches to the Space Force in May 2021, Myers oversaw nearly 200 military personnel while commanding military bases in the northern part of the United States.
During Veep's visit to Greenland, New York Post They said they saw Myers discuss plans to retire in the coming months.
In total, 650 men and women, including private contractors in Greenland, Denmark and Canada, live and work at Pituffik Space Station.
With Myers released from duties, Space Operations Command announced that Colonel Sean Lee would take over a highly promoted position.
“An action to undermine the chain of orders or overturn President Trump's agenda will not be tolerated by the Department of Defense,” spokesperson Sean Parnell wrote in X:
Vance spokesman Taylor Van Kirk said in a statement: “Vice President Vance is grateful for his visit to Pitafik Space Station and his opportunity to meet the brave soldiers and women stationed there.”
“President Trump has a wealth of clarity in his vision for the Arctic's enhanced security footprint, and the Vice President is committed to implementing the president's agenda, including strengthening partnerships and cooperation between the US and Greenland.
With the announcement, members of the Senate Armed Services Committee celebrated Myers' removal in a series of X-statements, celebrating the DOD when Senators Jim Banks (R-Ind.), Eric Schmidt (R-Mo.) and Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) released her.
Additionally, Vance denounced Denmark during his trip for “not doing a good job by the people of Greenland” and called for Copenhagen to not invest more in the “security architecture” of the world's largest island.
“When the president says, 'We have to have Greenland,' he says the island is not safe,” Vance responded to a question from. Posts, Single Russia and China as a potential threat.
“Our message to Denmark is very simple. We don't do a good job from the people of Greenland. We're underinvestment in the people of Greenland and not invested in the security architecture of our incredibly beautiful land mass.”
47th The president has previously expressed his desire to control Greenland.
However, the vice president said the country's estimated 57,000 permanent residents should first choose to independence and then enter into partnership talks with the United States.
However, Danish Foreign Minister Lars Rocke Rasmussen scolded the Trump administration's “tone” after Vance's visit.
“We've been criticized, but please be completely honest. We don't appreciate the tone it's being delivered,” Rasmussen said in X's English video message.
“This is not a way you talk to your close allies.”
Rasmussen also cited the 1951 US-Danish Agreement, which allowed the US to build more military bases in Greenland, noting that the two countries are part of NATO and already share the island's security liability.
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