American Retirees Association
700 E Redlands Blvd
U-307, Redlands, CA 92373
Dennis Egge, President
Email: contactara@rocketmail.org
Tel: (909) 557 0107
Fax: (858) 461 5071
ARA is approved by the Internal Revenue Service as a 501©19 nonprofit veterans organization, which means that your dues and contributions are tax-deductible.
How to contact those who represent you in Congress:
Find your member of Congress at: U.S. House of Representatives: Website: http://www.house.gov/ U.S. Senate: Website: http://www.senate.gov/ Phone: 202-224-3121 House TTY: 202-225-1904
Our Fearless Leader
Fighting For Your Retirement
Pay For Over 40 YearsARA (American Retirees Association), marks its 45th year of political activism as the oldest and only organization in the United States totally focused on reclaiming and securing our hard-earned military retirement benefits. Our presence in Washington, D.C. ensures that Congress continues to be made aware of inequities in Federal laws that seek to reduce our benefits. This year also marks the first year of our assimilation of the USA (Uniformed Services Association) giving us an even greater voice in Washington.
The strength and longevity of our organization is primarily due to the efforts of our President…”We Never Give Up”…Dennis Egge and his volunteer staff. Dennis travels round the world spreading the word and is intimately involved in the latest goings-on in Congress. Dennis is always available by phone at (360) 909-0007 or email at contactara@rocketmail.com.
With our new, updated website, we have introduced an electronic payment system to make it easier to pay dues, donate and purchase our book, “Divorce and The Military”. Among other things you will find, for the very first time, links that provide for paying dues securely…by simply clicking the appropriate button. We accept all credit cards and urge you to click the “Yearly” button which will allow us to securely receive $30 each year from your account securely and automatically. This will dramatically reduce the work for our staff by eliminating the effort involved in sending out notices.
We wish for everyone a happy, healthy and prosperous 2024!
Vic Wintriss, Founder
Dennis Egge, President
Jim Sorenson, Webmaster
Nancy Plank, Office Manager
Bonnie Mitchell, Publisher
With our Uniformed Services Association affiliate (USA) defending the rights of all uniformed service personnel
Mission Statement
The American Retirees Association (ARA) is a non profit organization, chartered expressly to deal with the impact of the Uniformed Services Former Spouses Protection Act (USFSPA) (10 U.S.C. 1408 et seq.) on uniformed service personnel. The ARA was founded by Vic Wintriss:
ARA administrative headquarters is located in Redlands, California, where our financial, newsletter and literature publication and product sales, etc., matters are managed by our office staff. We address policy, legislative and military divorce action issues at our (703) 527-3065 action line.
Current, past and prospective members are encouraged to contact us at contactara@rocketmail.com and (909) 557-0107 or by Fax at (909) 335-2711.
Uniformed Services Association (USA)
It has now been over five years since the National Association for Uniformed Services closed its doors and went out of business. As an active member of NAUS for about 25 years I, was sorely disappointed to see that organization, cease operations. With the demise of NAUS there remained no viable organization which, by charter, served and represented both categories of members of the seven uniformed services of the United States.
More importantly, we lost one of the most powerful voices then in existence for serving and representing the interests and needs of active duty, retiree, or other veteran members, their spouses and family members, as well as the interest of all service members whether or not they were NAUS members.
Faced with the above reality, most former NAUS Regional Vice Presidents, including myself, set out to establish, out the ashes of NAUS, a new, efficient, organization with the objective of fulfilling essentially the same mission purposes. To help facilitate that effort we were offered the opportunity to affiliate with the American Retirees Association for the 2018 calendar year and to enjoy the benefits of free membership in that organization for that period. That offer has now been extended through calendar year 2024.
We have worked with the national president of the ARA, Dennis Egge. What we gain from this affiliation is a chance to fully and carefully develop our USA organization while simultaneously being able to represent and serve members of all ranks and all branches of the uniformed services.
That is why we need the Uniformed Services Association.
Albert G. Stewart
Become an ARA Member
The print version of our ARA Quarterly Newsletter has been in production for over 30 years and is available to all ARA Members free by direct mail or in digital form on the website by download.
ARA members can purchase extra copies on our website for $15.95 each (go here)
Newsletters for non-members can be purchased for $19.95 each.
(go here)Free shipping inside the U.S. is included for both members and non-members.
If you are interested in purchasing more than 5 copies, contact our office for discounts.
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Become an ARA Member and support our 40 year campaign to make the FSPA a fairer and more equitable Federal Law for our retired veterans. Receive the ARA Quarterly Newsletter free of charge by mail or by download from our website.
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ARA Members $ 15.95
Non Members $19.95Included shipping and handling (USA)
For discounts for multiple copies of Divorce and the Military please email us.
A Comprehensive Guide for Service Members, Spouses and Attorneys
Divorce and the Military
The Uniformed Services Former Spouses' Protection Act (USFSPA) authorizes courts to award up to 50 percent of a uniformed service member's retired pay to an ex-spouse for life, and does not preclude the award of other support from retired pay.
• Whether single, divorced, or contemplating divorce, the service member, spouse, and attorneys need to know the 20 factors that affect military divorces and how the divorce process and retired pay are influenced by the USFSPA.
• If you are an attorney, this book will provide information you need to better represent or advise clients in this specialized area of family law. The book includes a new full disclosure chapter on military benefits that you can use in discovery. This expanded version also contains a new chapter on how the USFSPA and disability pay have been interpreted in the 50 states.
• A new chapter identifies financial planning considerations that both the service member and spouse must evaluate in a military divorce.
• Learn about the 12 controversies cited in divorce case appeals, which have created problems through as many interpretations as there are courts.
• The USFSPA applies to all active duty, reserve/guard, and retired military, U.S. Coast Guard, and members of the USPHS and the NOAA.
A short note to our donors and supporters:
ARA has a long track record of maximizing the impact of your donations in support of divorced U.S. military personnel Active, Retired and Reserve. Our organization was founded by veterans in 1984 and is presently managed and funded by that small group of retired founders. That's why we're proud to operate with exceptionally low administrative expenses, ensuring that every dollar raised goes directly towards our mission.
Our operation is essentially self-funded with no board member fees, no reimbursed travel expenses, no salaries and no allowances. We rely totally on donations, both yours and ours, to keep the ship afloat for the sole purpose of covering ongoing printing and mailing costs, website expenses and communications costs. We’ve done that every year since ARA was founded and would be more than grateful if you could help us continue to serve by donating and becoming an ARA member. Please support us and help us grow. Thank you!