The mission of MOAA Pittsburgh Chapter is to be your wardroom in Pittsburgh: To promote the aims of the Military Officers Association of America; provide community service; encourage and facilitate camaraderie among retired, active, and former officers of the uniformed services; and provide useful services for, and support the rights and interests of members, and their dependents and survivors. WE CANNOT CHANGE THE INFORMATION IN THE GREYED OUT AREA ABOVE ON THIS PAGE to reflect 2023 meeting dates. Read through all the chapter blocks below for up-to-date information. Lunchs are ~ $30, cash bar. Reach out to Pat Seda-Rivera, julio.moaa@comcast.net to make a reservation by at least the Tueday before a luncheon date. We'll do our best to accommodate late reservations.

Membership in MOAA Pittsburgh Chapter is open to members of MOAA at the national level - men and women who are, or have been, commissioned or warrant officers of the US uniformed services, the surviving spouses of MOAA Life Members, and widows and widowers of any deceased individual who would be, if living, eligible for membership. Check out our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/groups/moaapittsburgh

Contact Membership Chair Jon Comis, LTC USA (r), MOAAPitt@gmail.com, for details. Put MOAA in the subject line of your email so it is not overlooked.

We are always looking for new members to join our wardroom in Pittsburgh.

MOAA Pittsburgh Chapter meetings feature guest speakers on a variety of topics of interest to members. The theme for 2021 was China: Strategic Choices and Capabilities; 2022 featured the editor of Proceedings, a naval affairs magazine, a bagpiper who demonstrated how bagpipes were - and are - used as a military device in place of bugles, the commanding officer of the USS BOXER (LHD-4) who talked about the Captain Phillips rescue off Somalia, and other interesting topics.

2023 speakers are still being assigned; 19 Feb is a business meeting (no speaker), for 26 March we will feature a drill team from one of the local educational institutions. The December meeting is a special Christmas party on 10 December. DISREGARD THE DATES IN THE GREY AREA ABOVE IF THEY DIFFER; we cannot change information in the greyed-out blocks, These are the correct meeting dates for 2023: 19 Feb (business meeting). 26 Mar, 07 May. BASEBALL at PNC Park 10 Jun@1605, 10 Sep, 15 October, and our Christmas Party on 10 December. All luncheon meetings (with the exception of February and March; they start at 11 with meal at noon) start with a social hour at 1300, meal at 1400, and speaker at about 1500.

We are expanding our activities to include Saturday breakfasts and hope to add end-of the-workday gatherings.

The chapter supports 15 JROTC programs and 3 Army/Navy/Air Force ROTC programs. We have supported the Pennsylvania Wounded Warriors, Inc., the Southwest PA  & Erie Veterans Homes, as well as the Allegheny County Veterans Court.

MOAA Pittsburgh Chapter supports the MOAA national legislative agenda. The 2022 agenda included Military pay raise 4.6%, the Richard Star Act, the Stop Copay Overpay Act.

Our chapter president is the current president of the MOAA PA Council of Chapters. The chapter is an active member of the Pennsylvania Council of Chapters.

Our local congressman, Chris Deluzio, Navy, is a member of our chapter. Another member is past congressman Conor Lamb, Marines. One of our local state representatives, Rob Mercuri, Army Afghanistan vet, is also a chapter member.

Regular chapter meetings are luncheons at Chartiers Country Club, 601 Baldwin Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15205, with a social hour beginning at 1300/1:00 pm. 2023 meetings are 19 Feb (business meeting), 26 Mar, 07 May. BASEBALL at PNC Park 10 Jun@1605, 10 Sep, 15 October, and our Christmas Party on 10 December. All luncheon meetings (with the exception of February and March; they start at 11 with meal at noon) start with a social hour at 1300, meal at 1400, and speaker at about 1500.

We will host a group at PNC Park for the Pirates vs Mets, on Saturday 10 June at 1610/4:10pm. We hope to add additional events.

In 2022 we hosted hosting two bingo events for residents at the Southwest PA Veterans Home, and a riverboat cruise for chapter members and guests.

MOAA Pittsburgh was chartered on Veterans Day in 1975 and, along with the General Greene chapter in Greensburg, serves the western part of Pennsylvania. Luncheons are held at the Chartiers Country Club, 601 Baldwin Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15205-1750, just off the Parkway West I-376 Rosslyn Farms exit or the I-79 Robinson PA-60 exit.

The chapter publishes a regular newsletter up to ten times a year and has a current membership of approximately 206 serving and former officers as well as surviving spouses. Link for the current newsletter, Jan/Feb 2023 is https://conta.cc/3HcRp7P

Reach out to Membership Chair Jon Comis, LTC USA (r), jon.comis@gmail.com, for details. Put MOAA in the subject line of your email to us so it is not overlooked.