1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,389 State Southern Command . 2 00:00:08,100 --> 00:00:10,150 All right , good morning everyone . 3 00:00:10,160 --> 00:00:13,670 Welcome to United States Southern 4 00:00:13,670 --> 00:00:15,970 Command in the city of Darryl to the 5 00:00:15,970 --> 00:00:18,330 groundbreaking ceremony that we have 6 00:00:18,330 --> 00:00:20,770 been so anxiously awaiting for a really 7 00:00:20,770 --> 00:00:23,440 long time . It's a beautiful day in the 8 00:00:23,440 --> 00:00:25,607 city of Darryl and it's a day that has 9 00:00:25,607 --> 00:00:27,910 been several years in the making and to 10 00:00:27,910 --> 00:00:30,540 get to today it has required monumental 11 00:00:30,540 --> 00:00:33,200 efforts of so many who are here with us 12 00:00:33,210 --> 00:00:36,780 today to celebrate a big thank you to 13 00:00:36,780 --> 00:00:38,780 all of our distinguished guests for 14 00:00:38,780 --> 00:00:40,669 taking time out of your very busy 15 00:00:40,669 --> 00:00:42,669 schedules to join us for this truly 16 00:00:42,669 --> 00:00:46,020 momentous occasion . Us congressman , 17 00:00:46,020 --> 00:00:48,510 Mario Diaz Balart representing this 18 00:00:48,510 --> 00:00:50,843 district , the 26th district of florida . 19 00:00:50,843 --> 00:00:53,180 So many thanks for your unwavering 20 00:00:53,180 --> 00:00:55,980 support for this housing project and 21 00:00:55,990 --> 00:00:58,640 our Military Service members here at U 22 00:00:58,640 --> 00:01:00,860 S . Southern Command florida . 23 00:01:00,870 --> 00:01:03,050 Lieutenant general or lieutenant 24 00:01:03,060 --> 00:01:06,620 governor florida . Lieutenant Governor , 25 00:01:06,620 --> 00:01:09,210 Jeanette Nunez , thank you so much for 26 00:01:09,210 --> 00:01:11,321 your support and for being here today 27 00:01:11,321 --> 00:01:14,080 as well . Mayor Mayor Christie frog . A 28 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:16,191 city of Daryl . Thank you very much . 29 00:01:16,191 --> 00:01:19,310 Mayor Commissioner JC Bermudez , Also 30 00:01:19,310 --> 00:01:21,588 the first mayor for the city of Darryl . 31 00:01:21,588 --> 00:01:23,643 Thank you for being here as well and 32 00:01:23,643 --> 00:01:26,360 thank you for everything . Mr rafael 33 00:01:26,360 --> 00:01:28,304 Pinero . Vice Mayor of the city of 34 00:01:28,304 --> 00:01:30,471 Darryl . My very good friend , General 35 00:01:30,471 --> 00:01:32,810 Ed Daly from Army Material Command has 36 00:01:32,810 --> 00:01:34,977 been very instrumental in this project 37 00:01:34,977 --> 00:01:37,430 as well and the key interlocutor for 38 00:01:37,430 --> 00:01:39,541 our Department of Defense and for our 39 00:01:39,541 --> 00:01:41,530 Department of Army . Mr victor 40 00:01:41,530 --> 00:01:43,252 Olshansky civilian aide to the 41 00:01:43,252 --> 00:01:45,363 Secretary of the Army . Thank you for 42 00:01:45,363 --> 00:01:47,530 being here victor . Barbee , Hernandez 43 00:01:47,530 --> 00:01:49,970 Darryl . City Manager . City of Darryl 44 00:01:49,970 --> 00:01:52,490 Council members digna Cabral Oscar 45 00:01:52,490 --> 00:01:55,070 Buick Marine Perez . Thank you for the 46 00:01:55,070 --> 00:01:57,840 support MS Brenda . Lee McCulloch . If 47 00:01:57,920 --> 00:01:59,976 senior Executive service director of 48 00:01:59,976 --> 00:02:01,864 installation management , command 49 00:02:01,864 --> 00:02:04,142 readiness Brenda , thank you very much . 50 00:02:04,142 --> 00:02:06,720 Mr Jose pepe Diaz former commissioner 51 00:02:06,720 --> 00:02:09,460 and a very special friend of South . 52 00:02:09,460 --> 00:02:12,110 Com . Thank you for being here . And mr 53 00:02:12,110 --> 00:02:14,054 Philip carpenter , chief operating 54 00:02:14,054 --> 00:02:17,040 officer of land lease this past year . 55 00:02:17,040 --> 00:02:19,262 U . S . Southern Command celebrated its 56 00:02:19,262 --> 00:02:22,340 25th anniversary of our move in 1997 57 00:02:22,350 --> 00:02:25,150 from the country of Panama here to 58 00:02:25,150 --> 00:02:28,060 South florida . We relocated our 59 00:02:28,060 --> 00:02:30,282 headquarters from Panama to a temporary 60 00:02:30,282 --> 00:02:32,393 location which is now the Doral Miami 61 00:02:32,393 --> 00:02:35,190 Miami herald building and with the help 62 00:02:35,190 --> 00:02:37,246 of our community partners . Land was 63 00:02:37,246 --> 00:02:39,301 acquired a groundbreaking took place 64 00:02:39,301 --> 00:02:41,490 and in 2010 we moved to our permanent 65 00:02:41,650 --> 00:02:43,817 state of the art facility that you see 66 00:02:43,817 --> 00:02:46,070 behind me called us Southern Command 67 00:02:46,910 --> 00:02:48,910 When I took command of South Com in 68 00:02:48,910 --> 00:02:50,632 October of 21 . 1 of the first 69 00:02:50,632 --> 00:02:54,240 countries I visited was Panama . South 70 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:57,110 comes first home . I saw for myself the 71 00:02:57,110 --> 00:02:59,277 challenges and threats are neighboring 72 00:02:59,277 --> 00:03:01,980 countries face and how this , how this 73 00:03:02,010 --> 00:03:04,210 and our headquarters here at South com 74 00:03:04,220 --> 00:03:06,276 and the and the service members that 75 00:03:06,276 --> 00:03:08,498 serve here directly impact our national 76 00:03:08,498 --> 00:03:11,220 Security of the United States . As I 77 00:03:11,220 --> 00:03:14,290 reflect on that visit and the support 78 00:03:14,290 --> 00:03:17,420 we consistently received from you our 79 00:03:17,420 --> 00:03:19,960 community partners . I immediately 80 00:03:19,960 --> 00:03:22,182 think of a quote from Panama's Minister 81 00:03:22,182 --> 00:03:25,050 of Public Security juan pino . He told 82 00:03:25,050 --> 00:03:27,600 me individually , we are strong but 83 00:03:27,600 --> 00:03:31,310 together we're invincible . That quote 84 00:03:31,310 --> 00:03:33,510 is so true even for this multimillion 85 00:03:33,510 --> 00:03:35,399 dollar housing project , which is 86 00:03:35,399 --> 00:03:37,800 priceless to our military service 87 00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:40,610 members . This project has required 88 00:03:40,610 --> 00:03:44,270 extensive planning coordination and 89 00:03:44,280 --> 00:03:47,130 resources and this day would have never 90 00:03:47,130 --> 00:03:49,130 happened if it not had been for the 91 00:03:49,130 --> 00:03:51,352 hard work and dedication of congressman 92 00:03:51,352 --> 00:03:54,470 Diaz Balart , the F . A . A state of 93 00:03:54,470 --> 00:03:57,060 florida , the city of Darryl , office 94 00:03:57,060 --> 00:03:58,949 of the Secretary of Defense , the 95 00:03:58,949 --> 00:04:01,760 department of the army General Ed Daley 96 00:04:01,760 --> 00:04:04,330 and the Army Material command Brenda 97 00:04:04,330 --> 00:04:06,330 Lee Mcauliffe with our installation 98 00:04:06,330 --> 00:04:08,960 management command , Miami dade county 99 00:04:08,970 --> 00:04:11,330 and lend lease . And there are so many 100 00:04:11,330 --> 00:04:13,790 others as well who worked so hard to 101 00:04:13,790 --> 00:04:16,280 support our military service members 102 00:04:16,380 --> 00:04:19,910 and their families . At times it seems 103 00:04:19,910 --> 00:04:22,630 as if the entire country wants to move 104 00:04:22,640 --> 00:04:25,220 to south florida which makes the 105 00:04:25,220 --> 00:04:27,640 housing market very extremely 106 00:04:28,130 --> 00:04:31,010 competitive . This situation creates a 107 00:04:31,010 --> 00:04:33,130 significant financial strain on our 108 00:04:33,130 --> 00:04:35,370 military members where in some cases 109 00:04:35,420 --> 00:04:38,150 they pay hundreds of dollars more than 110 00:04:38,150 --> 00:04:40,317 they get for their housing allowance . 111 00:04:40,317 --> 00:04:42,590 They're living over an hour away to 112 00:04:42,590 --> 00:04:44,760 afford the housing in the first place 113 00:04:44,810 --> 00:04:47,030 braving the south florida traffic and 114 00:04:47,030 --> 00:04:49,197 the high toll costs during their daily 115 00:04:49,197 --> 00:04:52,030 commutes . Lieutenant Governor . Nunez , 116 00:04:52,030 --> 00:04:53,919 we're so grateful to the state of 117 00:04:53,919 --> 00:04:56,880 florida for the toll relief program and 118 00:04:56,880 --> 00:04:58,991 this has absolutely helped our family 119 00:04:58,991 --> 00:05:00,269 members reduce costs , 120 00:05:07,690 --> 00:05:09,912 the impacts of increased cost of living 121 00:05:09,912 --> 00:05:12,120 and housing costs was a driving factor 122 00:05:12,130 --> 00:05:14,520 to develop affordable permanent housing 123 00:05:14,750 --> 00:05:17,083 to take care of our number one priority . 124 00:05:17,083 --> 00:05:19,250 Our military service members and their 125 00:05:19,250 --> 00:05:21,650 families , This community and its 126 00:05:21,650 --> 00:05:23,817 leaders have been steadfast in helping 127 00:05:23,817 --> 00:05:26,920 us bring this project to reality . This 128 00:05:26,920 --> 00:05:28,864 project is over seven years in the 129 00:05:28,864 --> 00:05:31,490 making . In 2015 the F . A . A . 130 00:05:31,490 --> 00:05:33,950 Offered the use of the land . The army 131 00:05:33,950 --> 00:05:36,260 then conducted numerous studies . The 132 00:05:36,260 --> 00:05:38,260 FAA and department of the army were 133 00:05:38,260 --> 00:05:40,093 able to determine a path for the 134 00:05:40,093 --> 00:05:42,620 transfer of the land and then the army 135 00:05:42,620 --> 00:05:44,860 proceeded with this small installation 136 00:05:44,860 --> 00:05:47,280 privatization initiative called city . 137 00:05:47,950 --> 00:05:49,970 And that was the final push for the 138 00:05:49,970 --> 00:05:53,130 development of this project . In a 139 00:05:53,130 --> 00:05:55,460 march of 22 the army competitively 140 00:05:55,460 --> 00:05:57,430 selected lend lease communities to 141 00:05:57,440 --> 00:06:01,020 execute the project . This project will 142 00:06:01,020 --> 00:06:04,190 provide housing for nearly 200 military 143 00:06:04,190 --> 00:06:07,280 members and their families . The 144 00:06:07,280 --> 00:06:09,447 neighborhood will include 60 apartment 145 00:06:09,447 --> 00:06:11,880 units for up to 120 unaccompanied 146 00:06:11,880 --> 00:06:14,380 military service members , 48 town 147 00:06:14,380 --> 00:06:17,270 houses 24 duplexes and seven single 148 00:06:17,270 --> 00:06:20,160 family homes . We look forward to the 149 00:06:20,160 --> 00:06:22,750 sounds of construction planned for the 150 00:06:22,750 --> 00:06:25,620 summer of this year and we couldn't ask 151 00:06:25,620 --> 00:06:28,480 for a better location . It's right in 152 00:06:28,480 --> 00:06:30,810 the heart of Darryl . Walkable to work 153 00:06:30,820 --> 00:06:32,987 close to all the great restaurants and 154 00:06:32,987 --> 00:06:34,820 shops and right next door to the 155 00:06:34,820 --> 00:06:37,050 redeveloped beautiful Darrell Central 156 00:06:37,050 --> 00:06:40,020 Park . This is truly a win win for 157 00:06:40,020 --> 00:06:42,390 everyone . Daryl in the south florida 158 00:06:42,390 --> 00:06:44,900 community at large will benefit from 159 00:06:44,900 --> 00:06:48,540 the 1200 to 1500 south com personnel 160 00:06:48,620 --> 00:06:50,980 contributing to the local economy . 161 00:06:52,070 --> 00:06:53,848 I'll end by repeating the quote 162 00:06:54,030 --> 00:06:56,780 individually , we are strong , but 163 00:06:56,780 --> 00:06:59,220 together we're invincible with our 164 00:06:59,220 --> 00:07:00,890 local community and the state 165 00:07:00,890 --> 00:07:03,640 supporting us . There is no challenge 166 00:07:03,640 --> 00:07:06,310 we can't overcome . Together . I'm so 167 00:07:06,310 --> 00:07:09,270 proud of what this team of teams has 168 00:07:09,270 --> 00:07:11,550 accomplished . Thank you again for 169 00:07:11,550 --> 00:07:13,940 being here today , and I look forward 170 00:07:13,950 --> 00:07:16,250 to the ground breaking in just a few 171 00:07:16,250 --> 00:07:17,350 minutes . Thank you .