U.S. Military Space Operations Command indicated in the Communication as a reason for this decision to lose assurance in Meyers' leadership abilities. "Commanders are expected to comply with the highest standards, in peculiar with respect to maintaining impartiality in the performance of their duties", stressed.
‘Inappropriate’ email
According to sources of American manufacture portal Military.com, which the Danish media cite, Meyers was expected to act improperly, sending Vance's March 28 email to her subordinates and employed at the Danish, Greenlandese and Canadian base.
The commander was to distance himself in this message from Vance’s words, who powerfully criticized the Danish authorities in Pituffik’s database for deficiency of military investment in Greenland. "I am not saying that I realize the current political situation, but I know that the concerns of the US government that Vice president Vance spoke about do not reflect the views of the supporters of the Pitufik base," Meyers wrote. She assured that as long as she was in charge of this unit, “all our (American, Danish, Greenlandic, Canadian) flags would fly proudly there.”
US Vice president to visit Greenland
Vance during his visit to the Pituffik database He had lunch with soldiers, and besides gave a speech, broadcast live through the media. Vice president of the United States said Denmark did not give Greenland a appropriate precedence and pointed out that Russia and China are curious in this territory. “It is so crucial for the United States to take the initiative in the Arctic. Otherwise, another countries will fill the gaps, and we will be left behind," he stressed.
The Pitufik base was established in 1952, under a Danish-American defence agreement, in the northwest of Greenland, on the Baffina Sea. Initially, it was an airport for air force under the name Thule. In the following years, the base, equipped with hundreds of antennas and radar, began to monitor the hazard of a possible rocket attack by the North Pole, e.g. from Russia or China. As experts point out, this distance is much smaller than by Europe and the Atlantic.
In 2023, the base changed its name to Pituffik, and by decision of the U.S. defence Ministry (department) the function of the facility was converted from an aerial to a space object. The function of space forces stationed there is to analyse space and to inform against batalistic missiles. According to the media, there are presently about 150 soldiers in the base. respective 100 others are auxiliary personnel.
