(This article by MOAA staff originally appeared in the August 2026 issue of Military Officer magazine.)

Each August, MOAA launches its Summer Advocacy in Action (AiA) campaign, a coordinated effort to ensure lawmakers hear from veterans, servicemembers, and families while they’re home in their districts during the congressional recess.

Many associate MOAA advocacy with our spring AiA event, when hundreds of volunteers meet face-to-face with lawmakers and their staff on Capitol Hill. But advocacy is a year-round mission — advancing legislation requires sustained pressure.

For years, MOAA members across the country have taken part in Summer AiA to engage their representatives at home.

In an election year, lawmakers are listening especially closely to constituents.

[TAKE ACTION: MOAA.org/SummerAiA]

Summer AiA has two components. Volunteer leaders from MOAA’s affiliate chapters will conduct in-person meetings with lawmakers throughout August. Those visits carry more weight when reinforced by constituent messages, and that’s where we need your help.

This year’s summer campaign focuses on three priorities affecting veterans and servicemembers and their families right now, and where meaningful progress is within reach this congressional session:

• Expanding the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) to military spouses. WOTC expired at the end of 2025. Reauthorizing it — and adding military spouses as an eligible group — would give employers a meaningful incentive to hire a population that has faced stubbornly high unemployment for more than a decade.
  
  
• Restoring GLP-1 coverage for TRICARE For Life (TFL) beneficiaries. In August 2025, TRICARE ended coverage of GLP-1 medications for TFL beneficiaries being treated for obesity-related conditions. Thousands of retirees are now paying out of pocket or going without treatments that were improving their health.
  
  
• Supporting combat-injured veterans with the Major Richard Star Act. Combat-injured veterans who were medically retired before reaching 20 years of service currently lose a dollar of earned retirement pay for every dollar of VA disability compensation they receive. Legislation to correct that injustice has strong bipartisan support and multiple paths forward in Congress.

We’re asking every member to participate in our digital campaign. Sending a message through MOAA’s Legislative Action Center takes just a few minutes, but it adds your voice to a chorus Congress cannot ignore heading into an election year.