| MOAA was founded in Los Angeles, Calif., on Feb. 23, 1929. The first leaders of the association hoped that by joining together they could provide assistance and advice to other military officers. By the beginning of World War II, MOAA's leaders realized that they needed to reorganize and expand to become an effective force on behalf of their members. In what turned out to be a wise decision, MOAA moved to Washington, D.C., in 1944 with a membership of 2,600.
After a membership vote in September 2002, the association changed its name from The Retired Officers Association (TROA) to the Military Officers Association of America (MOAA), on January 1, 2003.
Today, MOAA has grown to a membership of about 370,000 members and is the country's largest military officers' association. MOAA's purpose also has grown to include career transition assistance, improved member products, military benefits counseling, educational assistance to children of military families (to include enlisted), and strong involvement in military professionalism activities.
The Middle TN Chapter was formed in 1960, and officially recognized as a TROA Chapter in 1961.
Former Army, Navy, Marine, Air Force and Public Health Servce Officers, many of whom have spent a life time of service in the Armed/Uniformed Forces constitute the membership of the the Middle Tennessee Chapter of the Military Officers Association of America.
MOAA is an independant, non-profit, dues-supported organization dedicated to maintaining a strong national defense and to preserving the earned entitlements of members of the uniformed services and their families and survivors.
Committed to Serve Our Country, Community, Comrades and their Families.
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