CNO Admiral Daryl Caudle oversaw the Change of Command of the Naval ROTC NC Piedmont Consortium on June 19. The Consortium consists of the three NROTC units of NC State, UNC and Duke University under a single command. Captain Brian Tanaka, USN, was relieved by Captain Andrew Cain, USN, in a ceremony at the NCSU Reynolds Coliseum Grand Hall. The ceremony toke place in front of a friendly audience that had a significant contingent of submarine service officers and sailors, and 4 members of the MOAA Triangle Chapter.

CAPT Tanaka is a native of Rochester, MN, who earned his commission via the NROTC program at Marquette University in 1996. CAPT Cain was born in Starkville, MS, was raised in Terra Haute, IN, and graduated from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. He earned his commission through Officer Candidate School in 2000.

All three offers at the rostrum are submariners.

CAPT Tanaka was the Triangle Chapter's featured speaker at our Scholarship Awards Dinner in May.

The Triangle Chapter hopes to get better acquainted with both CAPT Tanaka and CAPT Cain.

The MOAA Triangle Chapter supports ten ROTC detachments: Army, Air Force and Navy at NC State University, UNC-CH, and Duke University, plus the Army program at Saint Augustine University.

The Chapter also supports thirty-two high school JROTC programs spread over seventeen counties in North Carolina -- shown on the accompanying map. The high schools include:

Beddingfield High School, Broughton High School, Cary High School, Clayton High School, Cleveland High School, Corinth Holders High School, Enloe High School, Fike High School, Garner High School, Hillside High School, Hunt High School, JF Webb High School, Knightdale High School, Louisburg High School, Millbrook High School, Nash Central High School, Northern High School, North Edgecombe High School, Person High School, Riverside High School, Roanoke Rapids High School, Rocky Mount High School, Sanderson High School, Smithfield-Selma High School, South Granville High School, South Johnston High School, Southwest Edgecombe High School, Tarboro High School, Vance County High School, Wake Forest High School, West Johnston High School, and Warren County High School.

The Chapter provides MOAA Leadership Awards to all ROTC and JROTC programs plus participates in award presentations for some units. We also support the high school units with our MOAA Chapter Scholarship, in their completive drill meets, and other leadership activities.