WEBVTT 00:00.290 --> 00:01.570 - Ladies and gentlemen, 00:01.570 --> 00:05.040 Alpha Company 151st Commander, Captain Schuyler Moran 00:05.040 --> 00:08.073 and Greenwood Mayor, Brandon Smith will now cut the ribbon. 00:09.269 --> 00:10.754 (snip) 00:10.754 --> 00:13.004 (applause) 00:21.576 --> 00:22.622 Ladies and gentlemen.... 00:22.622 --> 00:27.622 - Lt. Brady, Lt. Jones, Ladies and Gentlemen partaking. 00:27.920 --> 00:30.460 Mayor Smith this is truly a great day 00:30.460 --> 00:32.548 in the state of South Carolina. 00:32.548 --> 00:35.547 It's a great day for South Carolina National Guard. 00:35.547 --> 00:39.211 It's a great day in the community of Greenwood, 00:39.211 --> 00:42.417 and it is a huge day for the single community. 00:42.417 --> 00:45.873 Especially here for Alpha Company 151. 00:47.490 --> 00:50.385 What we see here today represented as, 00:50.385 --> 00:55.106 is a culmination of the number of years of work. 00:55.106 --> 00:57.934 Partnership, fellas, will allow us 00:57.934 --> 01:00.970 to see what we see here today. 01:00.970 --> 01:03.410 We've had a total replacing of this facility. 01:03.410 --> 01:04.400 We addressed issues 01:04.400 --> 01:07.494 that were not only potential health concerns, 01:07.494 --> 01:11.800 but we addressed things that will help accommodate better, 01:11.800 --> 01:14.491 the soldiers now that make up this year. 01:14.491 --> 01:17.357 We went from having very little in terms of facilities 01:17.357 --> 01:19.760 on behalf of our female soldiers, 01:19.760 --> 01:20.593 and now provide what we believe 01:21.947 --> 01:24.594 are adequate resources there to accommodate 01:24.594 --> 01:27.550 the ever growing presence of females in our ranks. 01:27.550 --> 01:29.960 That is a great thing for us. 01:29.960 --> 01:32.263 We addressed the heating and air system, 01:32.263 --> 01:34.096 we addressed the drainage system. 01:34.096 --> 01:35.990 We addressed parking, motor pools, 01:35.990 --> 01:39.020 everything that we need now, is in place, 01:39.020 --> 01:42.537 to allow you, as soldiers, to focus on your mission, 01:42.537 --> 01:44.157 the mission alone. 01:44.157 --> 01:47.620 And we see from simply what is going on around us 01:47.620 --> 01:51.350 in the world today, that that has to be the focus 01:51.350 --> 01:53.300 of our effort, the focus of our attack. 01:54.320 --> 01:56.360 I had an opportunity on Friday, 01:56.360 --> 01:57.843 to go over to Newberry to see Bravo 198, 01:59.957 --> 02:03.977 you all know them, getting ready to deploy again. 02:05.120 --> 02:09.250 We left (mumbles) this morning, my wife and I 02:09.250 --> 02:10.887 watching the 4th of the 178 take part 02:10.887 --> 02:13.860 in the 30th honor brigade combat meet, 02:13.860 --> 02:17.330 getting ready to deploy over in the war fight. 02:17.330 --> 02:20.170 We got evidence of our engineer battalion 02:20.170 --> 02:23.100 either in the mode station, getting ready to go, 02:23.100 --> 02:27.123 or already in country, supporting the war fight. 02:28.037 --> 02:31.213 It is a busy and important time 02:31.213 --> 02:34.530 in (mumbles) South Carolina guard, both for the army 02:34.530 --> 02:36.110 and air side. 02:36.110 --> 02:38.328 Bill DePaul is here to tell you 02:38.328 --> 02:41.788 to thank those responsible for what we see here 02:41.788 --> 02:44.248 is a truly magnificent facility. 02:44.248 --> 02:46.400 It's worth taking time to do. 02:46.400 --> 02:49.390 Two more things, all the members of the General Assembly 02:49.390 --> 02:50.807 both the House and Senate side, 02:50.807 --> 02:54.621 I would be remiss if not to thank Major General, 02:54.621 --> 02:58.648 retired now, Livingston for having helped set the stage 02:58.648 --> 03:00.118 for this. 03:00.118 --> 03:02.220 That fact that he came in the office 03:02.220 --> 03:04.500 before these priorities were addressed, 03:04.500 --> 03:07.250 funding mechanisms through the House and Senate, 03:07.250 --> 03:10.800 to allow us to work upon the needs of this station. 03:10.800 --> 03:13.320 We were doing piece build projects around the base, 03:13.320 --> 03:17.140 patching a roof here, replacing part of a roof there, 03:17.140 --> 03:20.734 fixing latrines in one armory but not another, 03:20.734 --> 03:24.220 and we were just playing catch-up ball all the time. 03:24.220 --> 03:26.500 Through our facilities maintenance office, 03:26.500 --> 03:30.810 through people there, we changed the focus of it. 03:30.810 --> 03:34.588 Let's take an armory at a time, and get it right. 03:34.588 --> 03:36.612 We proposed that to the General Assembly, 03:36.612 --> 03:38.522 and the General Assembly has come back 03:38.522 --> 03:39.473 to fund us. 03:40.493 --> 03:42.642 We'll probably be back again this year 03:42.642 --> 03:44.374 for more help, 03:44.374 --> 03:48.147 but strategy of silence, proof here is obvious, 03:48.147 --> 03:53.147 that cooperation and work together to produce great things. 03:54.300 --> 03:56.916 This is a partnership with the community 03:56.916 --> 03:57.980 of Greenwood. 03:57.980 --> 04:01.500 We know that our communities utilize these facilities. 04:01.500 --> 04:05.620 We are as the Guard, a community based organization. 04:05.620 --> 04:07.890 So we celebrate this day, 04:07.890 --> 04:10.180 we celebrate it with our friends here in the community. 04:10.180 --> 04:12.006 We're thankful for their support. 04:12.006 --> 04:15.100 We're thankful for allowing us to have this type 04:15.100 --> 04:16.148 of facility. 04:16.148 --> 04:21.148 It is a facility that our soldiers deserve to have, 04:22.220 --> 04:27.220 one that addresses safety issue, accommodations issue, 04:27.257 --> 04:29.260 and something that they can take pride in. 04:29.260 --> 04:32.160 So when you come in to drill on a Saturday 04:32.160 --> 04:35.523 or Sunday morning, do take pride. 04:35.523 --> 04:38.310 Of not only the organization that you serve, 04:38.310 --> 04:41.107 but in the location that you serve in. 04:41.107 --> 04:42.544 This is pointed. 04:42.544 --> 04:45.646 Represent us and represent us well and if you do, 04:45.646 --> 04:50.240 I thank you for being a part of this organization, 04:50.240 --> 04:54.550 thank you for being able to raise your hand, 04:54.550 --> 04:56.841 take an oath to support and defend the constitution 04:56.841 --> 04:58.777 of this great nation. 04:58.777 --> 05:02.772 Less than one half a percent of your peers 05:02.772 --> 05:06.267 in a nation of over four hundred million people 05:06.267 --> 05:08.601 are willing and able to do what you do. 05:08.601 --> 05:10.516 You are special. 05:10.516 --> 05:12.074 Thank you. 05:12.074 --> 05:13.488 Thank the community of Greenwood. 05:13.488 --> 05:14.837 Thank the General Assembly, 05:14.837 --> 05:17.117 and God bless this great state, this great nation, 05:18.065 --> 05:20.094 and thank you for being here. 05:20.094 --> 05:22.344 (applause)