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Media Advisory: MOAA Chapter Leaders Meet in Kansas City

September 12, 2011
The annual Chapter Leaders' Symposium took place in Kansas City, Mo. Find out more about the event.

VIDEO RELEASE: “In Focus: Retirement Reform”

August 18, 2011
Today the Military Officers Association of America released a video, “In Focus: Retirement Reform”, in which Government Relations Director Col. Steve Strobridge, USAF-Ret. highlights how proposed dramatic cutbacks in military retirement benefits would significantly undermine long-term career retention and military readiness.

MOAA Live Chat: How Defense Budget Cuts Will Affect Military Families

August 16, 2011
MOAA has been on the frontlines since the beginning of the debt crisis, fighting to protect military benefits and retirement, and preserve a strong national defense. Join Col. Steve Strobridge, MOAA’s director of Government Relations, as he discusses live Wednesday at noon ET, what defense spending cuts lawmakers are considering and how those cuts could affect military servicemembers and their families.

MOAA Presents Awards to Local Senior Warrant Officers

July 20, 2011

2011-07-20 VADM Norb Ryan, Jr., President of the Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) presented the Honorable Order of the Eagle Rising Society 2010 Induction awards to CW5 Albert S. Eggerton of Springfield, Va., and CW5 David P. Welsh of Chincoteague Island, Va., at a luncheon hosted by the U.S. A



MOAA presents certificate to Fisher House Foundation

June 29, 2011
VAdm Norb Ryan Jr., president of MOAA presented a certificate to CAPT Brian Gawne, USN-Ret, Vice President for Operations, of the Fisher House Foundation, acknowledging the Senior Grant that the MOAA Board of Directors established in 1999 in honor of Zachary and Elizabeth Fisher, and the current student recipient of the grant.

MOAA Participates in Joining Forces: Launching the Military Spouse Employment Partnership

June 29, 2011
VAdm Norb Ryan, Jr., president of the MOAA joined Dr. Jill Biden, Dr. Clifford L. Stanley, The Under Secretary for Personnel and Readiness, and business leaders today at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to launch of the Military Spouse Employment Partnership (MSEP), a new program that will sign 15 new corporate and nonprofit partners, including MOAA, in an effort to hire military spouses, reduce underemployment and shrink the wage gap between military spouses and their civilian counterparts.

Relief for Victims of Spring Tornados in the South

June 1, 2011
In the wake of this spring’s devastating storms and tornados in the South, the MOAA Board of Directors has approved an automatic three-month extension of membership for MOAA members affected by these storms.

MOAA Launches Voices for America's Troops

June 1, 2011
Voices for America's Troops (Voices) is a new Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) subsidiary for non-MOAA members. Membership in Voices is open to members of the public who share an interest in maintaining a strong national defense and supporting service members and their families. Voices will inform, educate, and engage the public on important issues.

Observing Memorial Day

May 27, 2011
This Memorial Day, I have the distinct privilege of representing the Military Officers Association of America at the White House and the National Memorial Day Observance to Honor America’s Fallen Service Members. Each year, I look forward to these time-honored traditions and the opportunity to join together with our country’s leaders to remember the many who have sacrificed their lives in service to our great nation.

MOAA President Addresses Military Health Care Funding at Center for American Progress

May 10, 2011

2011-05-10 Left to right: Rudy deLeon, Senior Vice President of National Security and International Policy at Center for American Progress; Lawrence J. Korb, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress; Norbert R. Ryan Jr., President, Military Officers Association of America; David. S. C. Chu, President, Insti