Chief of Naval Personnel Vice Adm. Bill Moran visited a North Carolina Piedmont Region Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) Consortium at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, Feb. 24.

The consortium consists of units from North Carolina State University, Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Moran spoke to the units about the leadership responsibilities of a U.S. Navy officer in this generation and the upcoming changes in the Navy.

"Today's Sailors are going into the most high-tech, most modern, and easily the most capable Navy that we've ever had; but it's also smaller than we've ever had," said Moran. "It's going to be up to you to manage it and how you do that effectively."

Capt. Stephen M. Gillespie, commanding officer of the North Carolina Piedmont Region Consortium, reminded the midshipmen of the importance of Moran's visit.

"It's always special when the midshipmen have the opportunity to speak to the chief of naval personnel about some of the changes coming to the Navy and his explanation about leadership and how important it is," said Gillespie.

The NROTC scholarship program fills a vital need in preparing future officers for leadership and management positions in an increasingly technical Navy and Marine Corps. A four-year NROTC scholarship features full tuition at a select college or university, all college or university educational fees, a stipend for text books, all uniforms, three summer training events and a subsistence allowance for each academic month.

The NROTC program was established to develop midshipmen mentally, morally and physically, and to imbue them with the highest ideals of duty, loyalty and Navy core values in order to commission college graduates as naval officers who possess a basic professional background, are motivated toward careers in the naval service and have a potential for future development in mind and character, so as to assume the highest responsibilities of command, citizenship and government.

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