Sunday, May 20 2012
New River MOAA
- •CLICK HERE: Active, Guard, Reserve or Retired in Ashe County? Why not join the New River Chapter?
- •CLICK HERE: As a Veteran, when is it proper to render the and Hand Salute? Check the answer here.
- •CLICK HERE: Go to the New River Chapter fundraiser, Murals of Downtown West, Jefferson, NC.
- •CLICK HERE: ORDER BY MAIL:Learn how to purchase postcard set(s)!
- •CLICK HERE: Learn about the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Retraining Assistance Program (VRAP)
- •CLICK HERE: Cadet 1st Lieutenant Justin Scarborough receives MOAA JROTC LeadershIp Award
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President's Message
Douglas A. Ehrhardt, CAPT, MSC, USN (Ret.)
I'm pleased that you have found the official web site of the New River Chapter of the Military Officers Association of America (MOAA). Formed in 2009, we are 35 men and women representing the armed forces along the beautiful New River basin in and around Ashe County in northwestern North Carolina. We support MOAA National's goals, serving the needs of military members in the counties of Ashe, Allegheny and Wilkes in North Carolina.
(Link to FAQs/General Information for our mailing address or to learn other ways to communicate with us.)
- We are a 501(c) (19) organization incorporated as a non profit corporation under the laws of North Carolina and recognized by the IRS as tax exempt. While we do not support any political candidate or party, we are proud of our relations with the elected officials from our community, locally, statewide, and nationally. All of them support our men and women in the service and have gone out of their way to participate with us in our efforts on behalf of our military brethren.
- Our members include active duty, reserve, retired, and former officers who range from warrant to flag officer, and every rank in between.
- Our members are not only active in MOAA, but are leaders of local community businesses, physicians, educators and citizens who voluntarily serve in a wide range of local charitable or service organizations.
- Aside from the camaraderie that we share at meetings, our members continue the traditions of leadership that they developed in their military careers.
- We participate in our North Carolina MOAA Council of Chapters, and work in harmony with other local veterans organizations.
- We have prepared an information packet for military veterans to locate local and regional resources and contacts that they may utilize; we are working to obtain discounts for active duty military families to local activities.
- In 2010, our chapter began supporting the Ashe County High School Junior ROTC program and in 2012 we began support to the Junior ROTC programs at two high schools in Wilkesboro County.
- If you are a present or former officer, we are friends who have shared many of your experiences. As an active, retired or former officer of one of the seven uniformed services, you are most welcome to visit, and join the New River Chapter of MOAA.
More About the River Chapter's 2011 "Award Winning" Web Site...
- Our Chapter's web site was recognized by MOAA National's 2011 Marvin J. Harris Communications Award competition as WINNER in Category V, Chapters with fewer than 120 members.
- I invite, and encourage, everyone to take full advantage of the numerous categories and links to information contained herein that is important to all military personnel - active, retired, guard and reserve and auxiliary members.
- The scrolling "News Ticker" in the page header contains current, as well as important, items for your information. The postings are "hot linked" so you can immediately navigate to them by simply right clicking on the posting you wish to read.