MOAA previously known as The Retired Officers Association (TROA) until a name change on January 1, 2003 is a nonprofit and nonpartisan Veterans’ association dedicated to maintaining a strong national defense and ensuring our nation keeps its commitments to currently serving, retired, and former members of the uniformed services and their families and survivors.  Membership is open to those who hold or have ever held a warrant or commission in any component of the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, Space Force, Public Health Service, or NOAA and their surviving spouses.

The Memphis Chapter (TN03), which completed its fifty-fourth year of service on June 22, 2024, is an affiliate of MOAA National and serves all of West Tennessee, Northern Mississippi and Eastern Arkansas.  Our membership includes more than 120 members.  Through its various committees, the chapter sponsors a wide range of programs and activities throughout the year.  A monthly social event for members, spouses and guests is held on the fourth Thursday of each month. Time, date and location of these luncheons or dinner meetings can be found in the website calendar - memphismoaa.org/view-calendar.  An email invitation is also sent to each member with email..  We are also on facebook at Memphis MOAA Facebook

The Memphis Chapter is a proud recipient of MOAA’s five-star award which is presented annually to MOAA’s best chapters.  MOAA Memphis Chapter has won either the 4-Star or the 5-Star award annually since 2008 and has received a Communications award for our website since 2019.