WEBVTT 00:00.009 --> 00:02.065 My name is Major General Diane Maria 00:02.069 --> 00:04.230 Del Rosso . I am the commander of the 00:04.239 --> 00:06.183 79th Theater Sustainment Command , 00:06.349 --> 00:09.109 which in World War Two here in Normandy 00:09.119 --> 00:11.220 was a part of the 79th Infantry 00:11.229 --> 00:13.630 Division Commemorating the 80th 00:13.640 --> 00:15.251 anniversary of D day . Is of 00:15.251 --> 00:17.469 significant importance for all of us 00:17.479 --> 00:20.209 who are members of NATO the strategic 00:20.219 --> 00:22.330 alliances we have with our partners . 00:22.330 --> 00:24.552 The enduring relationships that started 00:24.552 --> 00:27.110 80 years ago are enduring today and in 00:27.120 --> 00:29.690 fact , solidifying and we have more 00:29.700 --> 00:32.580 members and we have to continue to 00:32.590 --> 00:35.709 create those bonds across our soldiers 00:35.779 --> 00:37.759 across our formations , across the 00:37.770 --> 00:40.060 generations coming into the army after 00:40.159 --> 00:42.599 us . The message that I would like to 00:42.610 --> 00:44.777 convey to our allies and our strategic 00:44.777 --> 00:48.529 partners within our NATO community is 00:48.540 --> 00:50.818 that the more we do exercises together , 00:50.818 --> 00:52.984 the more we do missions together , the 00:52.984 --> 00:56.040 stronger our interoperability will be 00:56.169 --> 00:58.560 and the stronger we will be working 00:58.569 --> 01:01.040 together . And many of those are 01:01.049 --> 01:03.382 actually interdependent across theaters , 01:03.382 --> 01:05.493 whether that's Ucom , whether that is 01:05.493 --> 01:07.605 Africom , because what happens in one 01:07.605 --> 01:09.493 region can easily bleed over into 01:09.493 --> 01:10.827 another . And there are 01:10.827 --> 01:12.993 interdependencies that we have to stay 01:13.199 --> 01:15.650 in lockstep , but also very closely 01:15.660 --> 01:17.827 from a communications perspective when 01:17.827 --> 01:20.010 I talk about interoperability in being 01:20.019 --> 01:23.309 able to jointly support our 01:23.319 --> 01:25.830 efforts . As a 79 theater sustainment 01:25.839 --> 01:29.449 commander , I am gig aligned to Africom , 01:29.989 --> 01:32.045 I also have a one star expeditionary 01:32.045 --> 01:34.610 sustainment commander who also is GIG 01:34.940 --> 01:38.470 aligned to Africom and Eur AF and 01:38.480 --> 01:42.269 CTFF . It is so important that General 01:42.279 --> 01:45.360 Langley and his team are here to help 01:45.370 --> 01:48.160 support our overall NATO efforts 01:48.169 --> 01:50.839 because again , as I mentioned , parts 01:50.849 --> 01:53.449 of our allies and our partners are also 01:53.459 --> 01:55.959 in Africa . And so again , we have to 01:55.970 --> 01:58.519 have an integrated approach and a 01:58.529 --> 02:01.250 mutually supporting message and efforts 02:01.260 --> 02:05.139 towards our mutual goals . I would 02:05.150 --> 02:07.550 love to communicate to the families of 02:07.559 --> 02:09.781 those who are members of D DAY who have 02:09.781 --> 02:13.220 fallen , that your members of your 02:13.229 --> 02:16.639 family , their sacrifice means so much 02:16.649 --> 02:18.427 to us . It means so much to the 02:18.427 --> 02:20.538 generations to come into the military 02:20.600 --> 02:22.600 to remember their sacrifice , honor 02:22.600 --> 02:25.990 their sacrifice and learn from what we 02:26.000 --> 02:29.210 executed in those missions so that we 02:29.820 --> 02:33.570 promote peace and unity . And we don't 02:33.580 --> 02:35.802 make some of the mistakes we might have 02:35.802 --> 02:37.858 made in the past , but we maintain a 02:37.858 --> 02:41.470 solid , unified NATO alliance to move 02:41.479 --> 02:42.550 forward together .