UNC NROTC
Alumni Association
News Bulletin
FEBRUARY 2021
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In this edition:
- Message from the President
- From the Desk of the Unit Commanding Officer
- Assistance needed for our Website
- Call for Membership: Join, Renew, Upgrade
- Now Hear This: Scuttlebutt
- Taps
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The Board of Directors will meet virtually on Saturday, March 6th |
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URGENT Request:
Your Association has initiated a project to upgrade our Website. If there are any members with a web design background who would be willing to work on this project, please contact Pat Connelly, '85, at flierpat@yahoo.com
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Message from the President: |
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Hello Alumni Association Members,
Change is constant. I am sure no one needs reminding! This is true for our University and Midshipmen, too. Spring 2021 semester has just gotten underway and we are hoping for a return to normalcy….but flexibility is the way these days!
The Association Board is continuing to try to plan for events with and for the midshipmen; however, as you will see from the information offered in this News Bulletin by CAPT Hertel, this may be the case of “no plan survives first contact with the enemy.”
We hope to host some leadership and mentorship type activities, if circumstances allow, for the midshipmen, as well as attending the Awards and Commissioning ceremonies later this spring in person. We will certainly let you know as soon as plans can be confirmed for any and ALL of these.
Behind the scenes, board members are progressing in a variety of initiatives which include preservation of the Armory, exploring some ways to improve our online fundraising capability, standing up a Leadership Speaker series under the purview of the Dawson Library Committee, and exploring sustainable options for the reintroduction of the Richard S. Johnson, Jr. Award.
Our Board will be meeting again, virtually if not in person, next month and we hope to have more firm plans to share and some news on some of these initiatives we have been pursuing.
Hope February is good to you all! Stay healthy and Go Heels!
Marianne Waldrop ‘87
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From the CO's Desk:
The Spring 2021 semester is off to a virtual start, but there are plans for shifting back to in person operations. All undergrad activities at UNC are required to be remote for the first three weeks, and once this period is over, we will start meeting in person for some of our operations. The past year has taught us there are many good things we can do using Zoom, but also reaffirmed for us the essentiality of gathering together to grow leaders. Using remote learning technologies will be part of our future, but in person leader development in the form of physical training, drill, leadership lab, etc. will be, too.
We will commission officers in May and send them off to all corners of the maritime force. I am very optimistic we will do this ceremony in person, outside, while streaming the event to parties who cannot attend. I expect a similar plan for when recognize our Midshipmen in an award ceremony. More to follow as conditions are sure to change over the next several months. One thing that will not change, regardless of the pandemic, is the end state: Ensigns and 2nd Lt who will enter the fleet ready to lead the Navy and Marine Corps into the future.”
Thanks for your support and Go Heels!
Andy
CAPT Andrew Hertel
Professor and Chair
Department of Naval Science
Commanding Officer Navy ROTC
University of North Carolina
919.962.2299
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2021 Membership
If you haven't already done so, it is time to join or renew your membership for 2021.
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Please become a paid member. We need you!
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Your dues contribution pays for our website, database software, financial management software and the Distinguished Alumnus /Alumna and Distinguished Service Awards; these funds enable us to communicate with the graduates so we can host and organize alumni events to support our NROTC Unit and Midshipmen. The Scholarships, Dawson Library and Connor Awards are funded separately through charitable contributions. Events (Annual Meeting & Reunions) are funded on a pay-as-you go basis by event participants.
Life members are listed in order of life membership here;
Current paid members listed by both class year and alphabetically by last name here.
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Now Hear This: Scuttlebutt! |
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Doug Montgomery ‘86
Since retiring from the Navy Reserve, Doug is an IT training manager with SAIC supporting Navy IT training for afloat Sailors at several CONUS sites. At times, that affords him the opportunity to informally mentor JOs and Sailors. His wife, Stacy, teaches with Chesapeake Public Schools. They both keep busy with their church's orchestra. Doug often plays percussion with the Symphonicity orchestra in Virginia Beach and for various charity benefit concerts. Doug and Stacy have lived in Chesapeake, VA for over 25 years and have two adult children.
Lincoln Bonds ‘86
Lincoln and his wife of 33 years, Joie, live in Columbia, SC, with their three children, Julie (a senior at UNC!), David, and Carter. Lincoln works as the Chief of Environmental Management Service at the Columbia Veterans Administration Health Care System, serving 90,000 veterans in the Midlands and Upstate of South Carolina.
Todd Fox ‘86
Todd served 23 years in the MPRF community (i.e., in and around the venerable P-3C). He and his wife, Catherine, spent a large portion of their Navy time living in Brunswick, Maine, and they loved it there. After retiring, Todd took a job as a contractor supporting a program that he was intimately involved with for the last 9 years of his Navy career. Todd and Catherine currently live in the Washington, DC area. They have bought property in Blacksburg, VA, and hope to retire there in the future.
Sam Hughes ‘86
After four years as a tanker in the USMC, Sam earned an MBA from Georgia. The next 24 years were spent in the railroad industry where he also earned an MST from Northwestern University. Sam retired at age 54 and now lives in Breckenridge, CO. He and his wife, Mitzi, spend their winters skiing and summers hiking and biking. During the fall and spring Sam serves as a firearms instructor at a large firearms academy outside of Las Vegas called Front Sight. Sam and Mitzi have two adult children, Adam and Samantha.
Sid Lord ‘86
After serving nine years on active duty, Sid transitioned to United Airlines as a pilot. He has been with United for 26 years and is currently a 757/767 Captain. He has worked several part time jobs just to stay busy and to have fun (substitute teacher, travel soccer referee, and at a musical pavilion during shows) all while employed full time!
George Taber ‘86
George retired in 2014 with a total of 23 years active duty which spanned both the Marine Corps and the National Guard (full-time). In 2014, George and his wife, LaNell, moved from Conway, Arkansas, to Glen St Mary, Florida (near Jacksonville) where they are managing the 4th generation family (George’s) business--“Glen St Mary Nursery Co” and a Wedding Venue--“The Glen Venue.”
Marianne Waldrop '87
Marianne has become a volunteer for Young Marines (YM) (https://youngmarines.com/public/page) . She was recently selected as the Swansboro Unit Executive Officer. She will be volunteering in Camp Rilea, Oregon, for a week in the summer supporting the YM Senior Leadership School.
The next News Bulletin expected to publish on Sunday, 28 March 2021. Deadline for input is Friday, 26 March 2021.
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None reported for this publication! |
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In a recent major database refresh from the University, the Association has updated its master database of NROTC alumni. In doing so we learned that 236 alumni have passed over the past ten years. 571 NROTC alumni are recorded as deceased out of over 2060 total recorded graduates. As a service to our members, we have created a new feature on the website available for paid members entitled Deceased Alumni. The feature may be found on the Alumni Service and Information Resource tabs of the website. Please notify the Secretary if you know of errors or additional alumni who should be listed here.
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If you know of a UNC NROTC Alumnus who has passed away, let us know so that this information may be reported in the News Bulletin under "Taps".
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UNC NROTC Alumni Association| Email: secretary@uncnrotcaa.org | Website: www.uncnrotcaa.org |
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