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; 8 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″N 78°38′23″W / 35.78556°N 78.63972°W / 35.78556; -78.63972
Employees	100
Department executive	Grier Martin, 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 Grier Martin, who succeeded Walter E. Gaskin in 2024.^[1] 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.^[2]

The Department of Military and Veterans Affairs was created by the Executive Organization Act of 1971. It was abolished in 1977.^[3] 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.^[4]

• Government of North Carolina

• 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.

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