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Trial Memberships Now Available
For anyone considering RAJA membership for the first time, life membership is encouraged. But those who are unsure are welcome to join as trial members at no cost. Trial memberships are good until the end of the following year. They will end unless converted to life memberships at that time.
RAJA was formed in 1976 as a social organization for Army JAG retirees who wish to stay in contact with each other. It is currently composed of more than 300 members and associate members.
Regular membership is open to commissioned officers who are retired members of the regular or a reserve component of the Army, including the Army Reserve and the National Guard. Associate members are spouses, widows, and widowers of regular members.
Life membership is one hundred dollars, and includes spouses at no additional cost. For those who have never been RAJA members, free trial memberhips are available and are good for the year in which they join and the following year.
Each year the organization holds a membership meeting. The annual meeting usually rotates among three sections of the country—East, Central, and West.
Message from RAJA President, Mike Chapman
Dear RAJA Members:
The 50th anniversary of the Retired Army Judge Advocates Association convened in Cincinnati, Ohio, from May 28 to May 31, 2026. Members and guests stayed in the historic and beautiful downtown hotel, Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza. Our hosts, Steve and Pauline Lancaster, Gerry and Peggy St. Amand, and Gil and Marion Fegley, planned an unforgettable experience celebrating the founding of our organization. Activities included golf, an excursion to the National Museum of the United Stares Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in nearby Dayton, Ohio, and a self-guided tour of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center.
At our business meeting, all current members of the RAJA Board of Directors were elected for an additional one-year term. Following the business meeting, Brigadier General Terri Erisman, Commander, The Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School and Assistant Judge Advocate General for Defense Services, addressed our members. General Erisman gave an excellent update on the state of the Corps and discussed the challenges and mission changes facing the JAG Corps during the ongoing transformation of the United States Army.
Since this was RAJA's 50th Anniversary meeting, a slideshow of memories from past RAJA meetings was on display. You can view it here. To see a larger version of the slideshow, select the icon on the right side of the player. It is best not to try to view the slideshow in full-screen mode. To spend more time viewing a picture, use the pause button in the viewer.
Next year’s meeting will be held in San Antonio, Texas, and is tentatively set for the last week in May or the first week in June.
Mike Chapman
RAJA Board of Directors
Mike Chapman, President
Gil Fegley, Vice President
Geri Bush, Secretary-Treasurer
Barbara Fowler
Jim Gerstenlauer
Pauline Lancaster
Chuck Pede
Lisa Schenck
Jim Schmidli
Tom Strassburg
Steve Werner
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