MOAA Pittsburgh Chapter meetings feature guest speakers on a variety of topics of interest to members. The theme for 2021 was China: Strategic Choices and Capabilities; 2022 featured the editor of Proceedings, the naval affairs magazine, a bagpiper who demonstrated how bagpipes were - and are - used as a military device in place of bugles, the commanding officer of the USS BOXER (LHD-4) who talked about the Captain Phillips rescue off Somalia, and other interesting topics.
2024 speakers are still being assigned: 14 April is a installation of new officers and a presentation by Nick Taylor, chairman of the PA Veterans Commission and president of the PA Council of Chapters, who will talk about veterans services offered by the state and the Council of Chapters, and give a MOAA update. Our May and September speakers are still being planned. The December meeting is a special Christmas party on 08 December.
DISREGARD THE DATES IN THE GREY AREA; we cannot change information in the greyed-out blocks, These are the correct meeting dates for 2024: 14 April, 02 April, 08 September, and our Christmas Party on 10 December. All luncheon meetings start with a social hour at 1300, meal at 1400, and speaker at about 1500.
As volunteers step forward to help plan and execute chapter events, we are expanding our activities to include Saturday breakfasts and hope to add end-of the-workday gatherings such as our successful JO happy hour and a baseball game at PNC Park.
The chapter supports 15 JROTC programs and 3 Army/Navy/Air Force ROTC programs. We have supported the Pennsylvania Wounded Warriors, Inc., the Southwest PA & Erie Veterans Homes, as well as the Allegheny County Veterans Court.