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MOAA Awards

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Find information on Council and Chapter Awards as well as JROTC/ROTC here.

Col. Marvin J. Harris Communications Award Contest

Each year, national MOAA holds a Communications Award contest to identify those councils and chapters that do an outstanding job communicating with their members. There are seven categories of competition. Find out more here.

MOAA Certificates of Recognition and Pins

National MOAA has certificates available that have been spe­cially printed for various types of recognition of individuals. Find out more here.

MOAA Levels of Excellence Award

Each year, councils and chapters may request to be recognized for one of two Levels of Excellence awards, find out more here.

Leadership Awards

Learn about two new awards we’ve instituted so we can better recognize your efforts to strengthen our association.

MOAA ROTC/JROTC Awards Program

Please review this document to get all the guidance you need for MOAA's ROTC and JROTC awards programs. Find out how many MOAA medals you are allowed to request per school each year.

Gold Bar Program 2013

The program is designed to encourage chapter leaders to reach out to ROTC units in their area and present graduating cadets with their first set of gold bars—along with a no-fee, BASIC membership in national MOAA that they are eligible to receive as newly commissioned active duty officers.