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GREATER CINCINNATI CHAPTER OF THE
MILITARY OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
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MOAA isn't just for retired officers!
Six Reasons for any Officer (Active Duty, Guard, Reserve, Separated, Retired, or Surviving Spouse) to join your Local MOAA Chapter Today:
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Make yourself heard. MOAA's chapters provide critical grassroots support for MOAA's national legislative agenda. Our benefits are under attack and MOAA is in the fight to preserve them. Chapter members let their legislators know what's on their minds and open doors for MOAA's legislative team in Washington, D.C. In these difficult times, MOAA members need to stick together and our chapters are the best way we know to do that.
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Giving back to the community. Chapter members are MOAA's ambassadors in their communities, supporting countless programs that make a difference in the lives of others. These members have gone the extra step to give back in the truest sense of servant leadership.
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Value added to chapter member lives. MOAA chapters sponsor interesting programs and opportunities to interact with civic, political, military, and business leaders on issues important to members.
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Networking with fellow officers. Chapters include second career members in the work force or retired servicemembers who have contacts in the community that can be valuable to transitioning officers.
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Stay informed. Chapter newsletters, websites, and meetings provide you the latest information on local, state, and national issues and changes to military benefits.
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Influencing state legislation. Most states have a council of chapters that unites every MOAA chapter in the state. These councils often lobby for and pass state-level legislation that affects military members and their families, such as exempting military retired pay from state income tax or increasing funding for state-run VA programs.


Upcoming Events
- Sat, Nov 04Highland Country ClubNov 04, 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM EDTHighland Country Club, 931 Alexandria Pike, Fort Thomas, KY 41075, USA
- Fri, Dec 08Clovernook Country ClubDec 08, 11:30 AM – 2:00 PMClovernook Country Club, 2035 Galbraith Rd, Cincinnati, OH 45239, USADec 08, 11:30 AM – 2:00 PMClovernook Country Club, 2035 Galbraith Rd, Cincinnati, OH 45239, USAThis will be our seventh year of supporting the Toys for Tots campaign. We are asking each member to donate at least one toy to this wonderful program. The toys should be new and unwrapped. To make it easy you can bring your toy(s) to the Dec. 8th Membership Meeting.
2023 Dining-Out Speaker

Maj Gen John Altenburg, Jr.
General Altenburg grew up in Dayton, before his family moved to Detroit. After college, he taught English at Elder High School before entering the US Army in 1968. He trained at Fort Bragg as an aerial observer and imagery interpreter in Military Intelligence, then deployed to Vietnam in 1969 to serve in the 9th Infantry Division in the Mekong Delta. Upon returning to the U.S., he used the GI bill to attend the University of Cincinnati College of Law, graduating in 1973.
General Altenburg then was commissioned in the US Army as a JAG officer. His initial assignments were at Fort Bragg (Fort Liberty) where he served as a criminal defense attorney and then as a prosecutor and legal advisor for 5th Special Forces Group and later as the XVIII Airborne Corps Chief Prosecutor. He qualified as a Special Forces officer before assignment to 5th SF Group. During his subsequent 24 years as an Army judge advocate, he served 3 tours in Germany, deployed to Desert Storm in 1991 with 1st Armored Division, to South Florida in 1992 with XVIII Airborne Corps for Hurricane Andrew humanitarian operations, and to Haiti in 1994 with Joint Task Force 180 where the Joint Task Force ejected the military dictator and restored the democratic government consistent with United Nations Security Council Resolutions.
General Altenburg was the Army’s Deputy Judge Advocate General from 1997-2001. Following his 2002 retirement, he was a consultant to the President, World Bank Group on corporate governance and business ethics before moving to Greenberg Traurig, a large international law firm. In 2003, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld named him as the Military Commissions appointing authority to oversee the trial of detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. He served in that position until 2006, then returned to his law firm.
General Altenburg’s military decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal, Master Parachutist Badge, Combat Diver’s Badge, and Special Forces Tab.
