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2025

2025 DEC 16	House Passed NDAA includes many ROA spearheaded provisions
2025 NOV 05	Reserve Organization of America joins national call to end government shutdown and ensure troop pay
2025 OCT 30	Reserve Organization of America Announces New Board of Directors
2025 OCT 30	Major General (Ret.) Margaret Chamberlain Wilmoth, PhD, MSS, RN, FAAN, Sworn In as National President of ROA
2025 SEP 16	ROA applauds introduction of Susan E. Lukas 9/11 Servicemember Fairness Act
2025 SEP 03	Reserve Organization of America Appoints Maj. Gen. John B. Hashem, USA (Ret.), as New Executive Director
2025 JUN 27	ROA fighting for skilled aviation corps
2025 JUN 17	ROA leads the charge for transition assistance reform for citizen-warriors and their families
2025 MAY 08	Army Reserve First Sergeant, Iraq War Vet, and Local Police Officer Settles USERRA Lawsuit Against Rock Valley College
2025 FEB 11	ROA to testify on legislative priorities for the 119th Congress

2024

2024 JUL 9	ROA calls for accountability following “PACT Act” bonus blunder
2024 MAY 20	ROA urges support for U.S. Public Health Service Ready Reserve Corps
2024 MAY 13	ROA calls on Congress to modernize the reserve components
2024 MAR 25	ROA urges Congress to drive forward with needed reforms to improve military to civilian transitions
2024 FEB 14	ROA sees hurried return of Osprey endangering crew lives
2024 FEB 01	ROA present at quality-of-life panel hearing with highest ranking senior enlisted leaders

2023

2023 DEC 27	ROA honors Arnold L. Punaro for inestimable contributions to the nation
2023 DEC 19	ROA secures significant success in annual defense bill
2023 DEC 12	ROA commends Osprey grounding
2023 DEC 7	ROA praises backlogged flag officer commendations
2023 DEC 1	ROA calls for immediate grounding of Osprey aircraft
2023 NOV 9	ROA urges reforms to deficient VA disability claims process for Reserve and National Guard
2023 SEP 22	ROA calls on Senate Majority Leader to continue moving forward with military promotions
2023 JUL 18	ROA offers employment law information on Biden 3,000 reserve force call-up authorization
2023 JUN 5	ROA gains momentum on key healthcare priority in the 118th Congress
2023 FEB 22	ROA Minutemen Memorial Building on this day in history
2023 JAN 16	ROA urges President to reinstate military separated for vaccine refusal
2023 JAN 12	At National Press Club American Legion meeting ROA head warns of U.S. military unreadiness
2023 JAN 11	ROA head warns of current and future military unreadiness

2022

2022 NOV 18	U.S. Senate honors ROA’s 100-year anniversary with passage of S.Res. 820
2022 OCT 14	ROA Celebrates Centennial; Launches into Second Century of Service to America
2022 SEP 2	ROA Henry J. Reilly Scholarship Recipients Announced
2022 AUG 3	ROA hails hard-fought PACT Act Senate victory
2022 JUL 29	ROA response to failure of U.S. Senate to advance bipartisan landmark toxic exposure legislation
2022 JUN 29	ROA hails Supreme Court victory for burn-pits disabled Army Reserve vet and reemployment law
2022 MAY 4	ROA CEO asks fellow generals and admirals to urge Senate support for PACT Act veterans’ toxicity benefits
2022 MAR 28	ROA urges Supreme Court to support Torres and veterans reemployment law
2022 MAR 15	Dental care inadequacies gnaw at Reserve and National Guard readiness

2021

2021 DEC 16	Supreme Court to hear burn pit case of ROA-supported Army Reserve Capt. Le Roy Torres
2021 DEC 14	Congress must fund research on military families — including the Reserve and Guard
2021 NOV 4	U.S. Rep. Anthony Brown tells ROA that in dangerous world, Reserves are critical
2021 NOV 3	ROA backs National Guardsman with differential pay amicus brief
2021 OCT 10	America’s veterans hold a reserve of national security strength we should tap
2021 AUG 2	ROA Henry J. Reilly Scholarship Recipients Announced
2021 JUN 23	The Pentagon shortchanges its military nurse-researchers who save GI lives
2021 MAY 28	Congress showing bipartisanship on defense and vets — even if that’s not in the news
2021 JAN 5	ROA Endorses Inauguration Warning by Former Secretaries of Defense
2021 JAN 2	NDAA veto override supports Reserve and Guard, enacts ROA’s call to change confederate base names

2020

2020 SEP 8	US Army Reserve Sgt. First Class Lori Dameron awarded ROA Bonner Scholarship for medical excellence
2020 AUG 10	ROA Henry J. Reilly Scholarship Recipients Announced
2020 MAY 24	Reserve and Guard face federal backstab after serving nation’s COVID-19 crisis
2020 MAR 21	Employers must support Reserve and Guard who are helping in this crisis
2020 JAN 5	It’s time to support the new tempo of service by America’s military reserve units

2019

2019 NOV 11	Be grateful for those who shoulder the burden — today and always
2019 OCT 8	Then there were 10: When does living history outlive its value?
2019 SEP 1	Trump USCIS ‘technical correction’ hurts military families, readiness
2019 AUG 11	When US education policy limits a veterans’ ability to get an education
2019 JUN 2	Citizen warriors must be ready to deploy — they shouldn’t pay for health care
2019 APR 21	Retiring Guard and Reserve wait at the end of the military’s pay line
2019 MAR 10	Why block citizenship to immigrants who defend America?
2019 FEB 3	Tonic for a divisive Congress: Look to the spirit of ’96

2018

2018 DEC 25	The gift of America’s magi
2018 NOV 18	How the military tribalism erodes readiness — count the ways
2018 NOV 11	With no alternatives, military’s tribalism must go
2018 NOV 4	Focus on defense budgets leaves Coast Guard high and dry