Is there something about military service that makes women willing to kill their career over “principle”, or is the timing of this just coincidence?
/Oh, Shosana!
Let’s hope there are no officers out there whose principles forbid them from dropping bombs, or burning CO2-spewing tanks and armored vehicles.
Wednesday, word broke that Navy Vice Admiral Shosana Chatfield was fired for insubordination: refusing to permit pictures of her Commander in Chief or Defense Secretary Peter Hegseth to be hung in NATO headquarter.
Today anothe TDS sufferer emerged from the ranks:
Col. Susannah Meyers
Space Force Col. Susannah Meyers fired after astonishing mass email about JD Vance’s Greenland visit surfaces
The officer in charge of a US Space Force base in Greenland was stripped of her command after she sent out a mass email that distanced herself from statements by Vice President JD Vance and the Trump administration days after his visit last month.
The Space Force announced late Thursday that it removed Col. Susannah Meyers as leader of Pituffik Space Base “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 Space Operations Command’s statement read.
Meyers, who assumed control of the 821st Space Base Group in July 2024, fired off a message to the troops in her command stating that the views discussed by Vance during his visit on March 28 “are not reflective of Pituffik Space Base.”
“[I] spent the weekend thinking about Friday’s visit — the actions taken, the words spoken, and how it must have affected each of you,” she wrote to her subordinates in the email obtained by Military.com and verified by the Space Force.
“I commit that, for as long as I am lucky enough to lead this base, all of our flags will fly proudly — together,” Meyers added.
Meyers sent out the email on March 31, seemingly upset over comments made by Vance about potentially annexing Greenland.
The base-wide message was a highly unusual move, as publicly speaking out again the executive branch is viewed as not falling in line with the commander-in-chief, and signals to the world that the US military is a disjointed force.
Meyers — who spent nearly 20 years as an Air Force officer before jumping branches to the Space Force in May 2021 — oversaw roughly 200 airmen and guardians while in command of the US’s northernmost military installation.