The U.S. navy introduced on Thursday that it had eliminated the commander of its Pituffik base in Greenland, including that it will not tolerate any actions that go in opposition to President Trump’s agenda.
The choice to take away Col. Susannah Meyers was introduced in a press release by the U.S. Area Power that was posted on social media by Sean Parnell, the chief spokesman for the Pentagon.
Whereas the assertion didn’t cite a particular purpose for her elimination, Mr. Parnell stated that “actions to undermine the chain of command or to subvert President Trump’s agenda won’t be tolerated.”
Mr. Parnell’s put up contained a hyperlink to an article by Military.com, an unbiased information group, that stated Colonel Meyers had despatched an electronic mail to base employees distancing herself from Vice President JD Vance’s go to on March 28.
Mr. Vance visited the bottom as a part of Mr. Trump’s push to take over Greenland, an island that may be a semiautonomous a part of Denmark, for nationwide safety causes.
“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 Space Force said within the assertion.
Mr. Vance criticized Denmark during his remarks to the employees at Pituffik, accusing the nation of not spending sufficient to maintain the world protected. “This isn’t the way you communicate to your shut allies,” Lars Løkke Rasmussen, Denmark’s international minister, responded.
On March 31, Colonel Meyers emailed the employees at Pituffik saying that the considerations of the Trump administration as expressed by Mr. Vance didn’t replicate the views of the bottom management, in accordance with excerpts printed by Army.com.
The web site stated the Area Power had confirmed that the message from Colonel Meyers was genuine. The Division of Protection and the Area Power didn’t reply to requests for remark made outdoors enterprise hours.
Along with U.S. navy personnel, civilian contractors from Greenland, Denmark and Canada additionally dwell and work at Pituffik (pronounced bee-doo-FEEK).
Colonel Meyers grew to become the commander of the 821st Area Base Group, which runs Pituffik, last July.
