MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (AFPN) -- U.S. Special Operations Command officials announced that Special Operations Command, South will move from Roosevelt Roads Naval Base, Puerto Rico, to a new headquarters site at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla., within a year.
Gen. Bryan D. Brown, USSOCOM commander, made the decision the week of Nov. 17. The commander selected Homestead over other possible relocation sites based on its lower relocation costs and mission considerations.
SOCSOUTH is the subordinate unified command that provides command and control over special operations forces operating throughout Central and South America.
A primary factor in the decision was that Homestead's location in southern Florida is near Miami, where U.S. Southern Command headquarters is located, officials said. Miami is known as the “gateway to Latin America,” officials said. (Courtesy USSOCOM Public Affairs)