Moeser visits Guard and Reserves, families at Fort Bragg as part of ‘Carolina Connects’

UNC Chancellor James Moeser travelled to Fort Bragg on Wednesday (June 23) and met with Army Reserves and National Guard family members and those working on their behalf to better understand the issues and challenges they face during periods of mobilization and deployment.

In the next several months, Moeser will visit all of the state’s regions to highlight the many ways in which the university serves the communities and people of North Carolina.

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For more information about Chancellor Moeser's "Carolina Connects" initiative, please visit
http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/may04/carolinaconnects052704.html

UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor James Moeser, left, comments on training at the North Carolina Military Academy at Ft. Bragg. The chancellor was visiting the facility to learn about the role of the NC National Guard in the state. The visit to Fort Bragg is especially timely because last week the U.S. House appropriations committee – led by members of the N.C. Congressional delegation – approved $3 million for the university’s Citizen-Soldier Initiative. The U.S. Senate is marking up its version of the defense appropriations bill this week.

Chancellor James Moeser, second from left, listens as Col. Baron Hignite, commander, 139th Regiment (Combat Arms) talks about the training at the North Carolina Military Academy at Ft. Bragg. At left is Doug Robertson, director of the UNC Highway Safety Research Center and research associate professor in the department of health behavior and health education in the School of Public Health.

Chancellor James Moeser, right, listens as Staff Sgt. Genea Bester-Rhodes, left, talks about the hardships of deployment on a family.

UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor James Moeser, right,listens as Sgt. Mary Bush, left, talks during a visit to the North Carolina Military Academy at Ft. Bragg. The chancellor was visiting the facility to learn about the role of the NC National Guard in the state. At center is Command Sgt. Major Norman Walker.