North Carolina Department of Military and Veterans Affairs

Department of Military and Veterans Affairs

Seal of the North Carolina Department of Military and Veterans Affairs
Raleigh and Gaston / Seaboard Coast Line Building, headquarters of the NC Department of Military & Veterans Affairs
Department overview
Formed	10 November 2015;9 years ago (2015-11-10) (as State Cabinet Department)
Preceding Department	Division of Veterans Affairs and Military Affairs Advisor to the Governor
Type	Executive Department
Headquarters	Seaboard Building, Wake County, North Carolina United States 35°47′08″N78°38′23″W / 35.78556°N 78.63972°W / 35.78556; -78.63972
Employees	100
Department executive	Jocelyn Mitnaul Mallette, Secretary of Military & Veterans Affairs
Child agencies	Division of Military Affairs Division of Veterans Affairs Military Affairs Commission
Website	www.milvets.nc.gov

The North Carolina Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (DMVA) is a state agency designed to advocate for the relationship the state has with its military and veterans' installations and populations. It was created by the North Carolina General Assembly with the support of Governor Pat McCrory. The current head of the Department is Secretary Jocelyn Mitnaul Mallette, an Air Force veteran appointed by Governor Josh Stein. ^{[1] [2]} Prior to the creation of the Department, the Division of Veterans Affairs was under the Department of Administration, while all military-related matters fell under the Department of Commerce. ^[3]

History

Early history

The Department of Military and Veterans Affairs was created by the Executive Organization Act of 1971 ^[4] and was officially activated as a functional agency on March 8, 1972. ^[5] During its early tenure it was responsible for the North Carolina National Guard, the office of the Adjutant General of North Carolina, the Civil Preparedness Agency, and the Civil Air Patrol. ^[6] It was abolished in 1977 ^[4] and merged with several other agencies to become the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety. ^[6]

In his 2015 state of the state address, Governor Pat McCrory declared it his goal to reestablish the department. Later that year the North Carolina General Assembly passed the state budget which provided for the recreation of the agency. ^[7]

See also

• United States portal

• Government of North Carolina

References

1. DMVA Leadership
2. Press release: Governor Stein's cabinet sworn in
3. "About the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs". milvets.nc.gov. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
4. Cheney 1981, p. 443.
5. Chambers, Merry (December 1972). "State Government Reorganization". Popular Government. Vol. 39, no. 4. UNC Institute of Government. pp. 1–5.
6. Williams, Wiley J. (2006). "Crime Control and Public Safety, Department of". NCPedia. North Carolina Government & Heritage. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
7. Jarvis, Craig (20 October 2015). "Leaders chosen to run two new state Cabinet-level agencies". The News & Observer. Retrieved 24 August 2024.

Works cited

• Cheney, John L. Jr., ed. (1981). North Carolina Government, 1585-1979: A Narrative and Statistical History (revised ed.). Raleigh: North Carolina Secretary of State. OCLC   1290270510.