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• NH CHAPTER WRITTEN UP IN STATE MAGAZINE
• CHAPTER MEMBER RECIEVES AIR FORCE AIR MEDAL
• New Hampshire Chapter "Storms" Capitol Hill - 2011
• CHAPTER MEMBER WRITTEN UP IN NATIONAL MAGAZINE
• CHAPTER BOARD OF DIRECTORS TOURS NH VETERANS HOME
• CHAPTER MEMBER RECEIVES AWARD FROM MOAA
• CHAPTER RECOGNIZES STATE JROTC/ROTC CADETS
• NEW HAMPSHIRE CHAPTER SCHOLARSHIP LOAN PROGRAM
• ATTENTION SNOWBIRDS
• CHAPTER RECEIVES NINTH "BATTLE STREAMER"
• CHAPTER SUPPORTS CHRISTMAS AT THE TILTON HOME
• HIGHLIGHTS OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETINGS
• ELECTION RESULTS
• MOAA-NH PAST PRESIDENTS
• MOAA-NH BY-LAWS

    The New Hampshire Chapter and chapter president, CDR Peter Burdett, USN (Ret.), were written up in an article in the January 2012 issue of New Hampshire To Do magazine.  Click here to read the article.  It was reprinted with the magazine's permission.  The magazine is a good source of information on what to do in the state.  Recommend you pick up a copy.  For more information on the magazine and where you can purchase it, visit their website at www.nhtodo.com.

    Chapter member Col Robert W Fortnam, USAF (Ret.) was awarded the USAF Air Medal for meritorious achievement while a member of a flight crew flying a mission over Europe during World War II.  Bob Fortnam is show below receiving the medal from chapter president, CDR Peter Burdett, USN (Ret.).
 

    Chapter President Peter Burdett participated in MOAA's annual "Storming the Hill" in April 2011.  Topics addressed by MOAA Hill-stormers included the future of TRICARE fee increases; protecting troops against cuts to manpower and pay; and fixing remaining inequities for the disabled, widows, and recalled Reservists.  Check out the photos of Pete Burdett with the New Hampshire Congressional delegation.

    Meet Capt. Ann Darby Reynolds (MOAA-NH chapter member), one of the first four women recipients of the Navy’s Purple Heart during the Vietnam conflict.  My Purple Heart - One Vietnam Veteran’s Story of Survival.  On Christmas Eve 1964 in Saigon, Vietnam, Navy Nurse Ann Darby Reynolds stood at the window in her room as the enemy attacked, making the holiday less like Christmas and more like a massacre. Reynolds would go on to devote 26.5 years to the Navy, rarely speaking about the incident or her duty at Naval Station Hospital Saigon, but never forgetting what she called “the most traumatic experience” of her life.  Read her story in the attached article in the March 2011 All Hands.  Check out the photo of Darby Reynolds along with two other chaper Navy Nurses at the April 2011 luncheon.

    On May 13, 2010, members of the chapter's Board of Directors toured the facilities at the New Hampshire Veterans Home at Tilton, NH.  They had an opportunity to chat with a number of the residents during the tour and to see, first hand, the new public address system for the home that the chapter partially funded.  After the tour, the Board held it's regular monthly meeting.

    Chapter member Capt Ed Johnson, USMC along with Pease Greaters co-founder Chuck Cove received the Distinguished Service award from the Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) on April 20, 2010 in Washington, DC, for the group's efforts in meeting and welcoming military personnel who pass through the Pease Air Terminal in Portsmouth on their way to and from overseas locations.  Read the full article.

    The New Hampshire Chapter supports ten JROTC units located at High Schools throught the state and ROTC units at Dartmouth College and the University of New Hampshire.  Chapter awards and MOAA medals are presented by chapter members to outsatnding cadets at the various local schools' award ceremonies, as well as presenting an award to the outstanding Airman in the New Hampshire Air National Guard at Pease ANGB.  Below is such a presentation for 2008 at Dover HS.

    The NH Chapter Scholarship Loan program was established in 1985. Loans are made with funds donated by the chapter membership, and the program is managed by a Scholarship Committee as established in the chapter by-laws. Over 65 students have been assisted by this program since it began.

    Eligibility is restricted to children and grandchildren of chapter members. Loans are interest-free, and are only granted to college level undergraduate students.

    Repayment of a loan is expected to begin six months after completion of a student’s academic program at the rate of 1/50th of the loan per month. Repayment of subsequent loans to the same student will be at the same rate, commencing in sequence each year from the date that repayment of the first loan begins.

    Portions of a student’s loan(s) may be forgiven, based on academic performance, at the discretion of the scholarship committee.

    The scholarship committee meets in June each year to review applications. Applicants are considered based on merit, not need. The amount of a loan will be based on funds available and the number of students applying.

    Application forms may be obtained by contacting: Col. Calvin Hosmer, P.O. Box 175, York, Maine 03909. Telephone: (207) 363-2396. Email: hosmerIII@aol.com.

    Check out the photo of a recent scholarship recipient.

    For all of you that go south for the winter (or at any other time), we need your help.  In order to keep our mailing list current, we need to know your alternate address where you go (other than in NH).  Please help us out by providing your other mailing address to include street, city, state, ZIP +4 and phone number (if available) and the approximate dates that you are out of New Hampshire.  This way you can continue to receive important information about your chapter.  Please provide the information to MOAA-NH at PO Box 712, Dover, NH 03821-0712 or emailed to chapter@moaa-nh.org.  Thank you for your assistance.

(In this feature, the Chapter hopes to keep its membership informed of important items/issues that were brought up, discussed, or voted on by the Board of Directors at their most recent meeting.) Starting with the September 2011 minutes, the file format is now PDF. You will need Adobe Reader in order to open and read it.  If you don't have Adobe Reader, click on the icon to download it. 

    The following are the results of the elections for Chapter officers and Board members held at the Annual Meeting of the Chapter, November 5, 2011: