North Carolina Department of Military and Veterans Affairs
413 N. Salisbury Street, Raeigh, NC 27699
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date:Tuesday, March 15, 2022
Contact:Dwight Collins, 984-292-3256, press@milvets.nc.gov
North Carolina ROTC Roundtable to highlight contributions of African American servicemembers to NC
Raleigh, NC - The 2nd North Carolina ROTC Roundtable will be held at Fayetteville State University’s Seabrook Auditorium on March 18, 2022 at 10:00am.
NCDMVA Secretary Walter E. Gaskin, LtGen USMC, Ret., and Gen. Michael X. Garrett, Commanding General FORSCOM, along with other panel members, will discuss the generations of African Americans who paved the way for today’s African American servicemembers who now serve in some of the most predominate and respected offices within the U.S. Armed Forces.
“Past generations of servicemembers sacrificed to serve our Nation at a time when many of them were denied many of the civil liberties we may not often think about today,” said North Carolina Department of Military and Veterans Affairs Secretary Walter Gaskin. “Black Americans have participated in every armed conflict of our Nation’s history since the American Revolution and this Roundtable will highlight their contributions and the ongoing impact of their contributions to our Armed Forces.”
The roundtable is free and open to the public.
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The Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) Roundtable is part of the NCDMVA African American Military and Veterans Lineage Project and a collaboration between NCDMVA, NC State Archives, Fayetteville State University, and the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) in efforts to bring forth an informative, learning experience to Campbell Battalion and the greater Fayetteville region.