When the Military Goes Rogue
14th April 2025
Unfortunately, we have a problem with the military. They don’t seem to think they answer to civilian leadership anymore.
The most recent example of that problem is Space Force Colonel Susan Meyers, who was just relieved of her command of the 821st Space Base Group at Pituffik Space Base in Greenland. Why was she relieved? Because she, in her official capacity as commander of this unit, disavowed the words of the Vice President of the United States.
Vice President JD Vance made remarks regarding Greenland getting the shaft from Denmark and leaving it vulnerable, and Meyers decided that she just had to counter those comments.
Now, she’s been relieved of command.
Vice Admiral Shoshana Chatfield was also removed from her position as the US representative to NATO’s military committee, which followed a series of actions, including her refusal to put up photos of President Donald Trump or Vance in the chain of command. It might not be the worst act of insubordination ever, but it’s still insubordination.
Let’s also not forget good old General Milley, who famously and publicly said, following Trump’s first term, that if he’d been ordered to attack China, he’d have given the Chinese a phone call to let them know what was coming, first.