Why join MOAA
One membership that defends your benefits and puts you in the room.
MOAA is the nation’s strongest and most effective military service organization, supporting officers and their families at every stage of life and career. The Mahoning and Shenango Valleys Chapter is where that work happens close to home.
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Uniformed services whose officers are eligible to join
$20
Chapter dues per year, waived for surviving spouses
10
Chapter meetings and gatherings every year
In under three minutes
See what the national association does
MOAA’s mission is to improve the lives of those who serve and their families. It does that through tireless advocacy on issues affecting today’s career force, the retired community, and veterans of the uniformed services.
Watch the short introduction, then come to a chapter meeting and meet the people who do the local work.
What national membership brings
Six reasons officers join MOAA
National dues are paid to MOAA and chapter dues stay with the chapter. Together they cover advocacy, publications, member services, and the local programs below.
Advocacy that reaches Congress
MOAA is the nation’s strongest military service organization, pressing on pay, health care, retirement, and survivor issues for the career force, the retired community, and veterans.
The Military Officer magazine
Ten issues a year on benefits, legislation, transition, and the issues shaping military life, in print and online.
Counsel when a claim goes wrong
MOAA’s benefits and legislative staff answer member questions about TRICARE, retired pay, VA claims, and Survivor Benefit Plan decisions.
Insurance and financial programs
Member-only life, health, auto, home, and long-term care plans through MOAA Insurance Plans, plus financial and transition services.
Scholarships and transition help
MOAA awards scholarships to children of members and runs career and transition programs for officers leaving active duty.
A voice for surviving spouses
The national Surviving Spouses program keeps spouses informed and represented on survivor benefits long after a member’s service ends.
What the chapter adds
A local chapter, not a mailing list
Chapter dues are twenty dollars a year, and they pay for the meetings, the newsletter, and the local outreach the chapter is known for.
Ten gatherings a year
Lunch in the colder months, dinner from April through September, a gun shoot and picnic in July, and the Christmas dinner in December. Every meeting has a speaker.
Meetings and eventsA newsletter that keeps you current
The monthly chapter newsletter carries meeting notices, speaker previews, legislative alerts, and news from MOAA national. Every issue back to 2013 is archived online.
Newsletter archiveService in the valleys
Members support Camp Corral, YSU Veteran Services, Youngstown Blue Coats, and local veteran causes, and the chapter honors departed members in Taps.
Taps and obituariesAdvocacy you can act on
Chapter legislative contacts put federal and state representatives one click away, so a MOAA alert becomes a phone call the same day.
Chapter advocacyNo obligation
Attend a meeting before you decide.
Current, former, and retired officers of the eight uniformed services, and their spouses, may come to a meeting at no cost before joining. Questions go to msvcmoaa@gmail.com.