In addition to joining the national level AREA and receiving the benefits of that membership, if you are interested in local events such as meetings, luncheons, etc., to grow or maintain a relationship with local retirees, please contact the appropriate local chapter below.
Chartered Chapters
Metro Chapter (Maxwell AFB Area AL)
President, Houston “Joe” Fuller, joelaura59@aol.com
Golden Gate Chapter (San Francisco CA)
President, Chick Kretz, kretzcharles832@gmail.com
Gulf Coast Chapter (Ft Walton Beach FL)
President, Steve Friend, rsfriend@aol.com
Southeastern Chapter (Atlanta Area GA)
President, James W. Mahoney
Contact through: Taylor1306@bellsouth.net
Augusta Chapter (Augusta GA)
President, Jean Crittenden, mjcritt49@icloud.com
West GA Chapter (Columbus GA)
President, Dee Voli, volidelia@gmail.com
Kansas Chapter (Fort Riley Area KS)
President, Wanita Hulett, wanitahulett@yahoo.com
Kentuckiana Chapter (Fort Knox Area KY)
President, Dana Johnson, johnsondm58area@windstream.net
Columbia River Chapter (Vancouver WA)
President, Ron Clement, Figboot.203@hotmail.com
Dix-McGuire Chapter (Trenton NJ)
President, Betty J O’Brien, hunterchaseb@aol.com
Membership: Fran Stanley, franstanley@comcast.net
South Carolina Chapter (Ft Jackson Area SC)
Point of Contact, Frances Jenkins, fjenkins217@gmail.com
North TX Chapter (DFW TX)
President, Richard Sheff, sheffrl@aol.com
Membership: Jerry Cloud, glcloud2020
Events: Linda Dean, linda-dean@att.net
Virginia Lovers Chapter (Ft Lee Area VA)
President, Betty Thorne, bettyloganthorne@gmail.com
Informal Chapters
Aloha Chapter (Honolulu Area HI)
Bill Allgire, retired14@hotmail.com
Space Coast Chapter (Orlando Area FL)
Gary L. Smith, trekker01@gmail.com
North Carolina Chapter (Ft Bragg Area NC)
Richard Ramos, rr70051940@gmail.com
Tinker Retiree Group (Oklahoma City Area OK)
Catherine Jones, gocaps23666@aol.com
Alamo Chapter (San Antonio TX)
Brenda Kay Borland, bkborland@aol.com
Central Texas (Austin TX)
Harold Robbins, Harold.robbins1@gmail.com
Fort Hood Area (Ft Hood Area TX)
Barbara Mims, texasajfan@yahoo.com
Puget Sound (Lewis-McChord Area WA)
Edith Oda, edieoda@aol.com
Keesler AAFES Retirees (Keesler AFB MS)
Dee Smelley, dsmelley@aol.com or Angela Teague, hrts1111@att.net