First Home of the Reserve Officers Association
Introduction
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First Home of the Reserve Officers Association Marker

Several Markers in front of the Blair-Lee House

The Blair-Lee House

The ROA's new and permanent home located at One Constitution Ave. NE, Washington, DC.

Logo of the ROA

Backstory and Context
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The Reserve Officers Association is a professional association of commissioned officers , non-commissioned officers, former officers, and spouses of the uniformed services of the United States, primarily the Reserve and National Guard.
Founded in 1922 and under congressional charter since 1950, ROA advocates for adequate funding of equipment and training requirements, recruiting and retention incentives, and employment rights for all members of the Reserve. It also advises and educates the Congress, the president, and the American people on national security.
ROA produces a bimonthly journal, The Officer, which focuses largely on national security and defense policy. Each issue has a columnn covering each branch of the armed forces, a Law Review detailing Reservists' civil rights, the National Security Report, a scholarly paper on some aspect of national security, and the annual year-end issue features contributions from all of the Reserve Components' top commanders. The magazine goes to ROA members, plus all flag and general officers in the Department of Defense and every member of Congress.
ROA is organized into 55 departments, one in each of the 50 states, plus departments in Latin America, the District of Columbia, Europe, the Far East and Puerto Rico. Each department is further divided into regional chapters. There are more than 300 chapters worldwide. ROA is led by elected national officers, and ROA's business activities are conducted by a national staff in Washington, DC.
ROA's Service Members Law Center specializes in educating employers and part-time warriors about the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA), the Service members Civil Relief Act (SCRA), and military voting rights. The Service Members Law Center coordinates the activities of lawyers and legal service providers who seek to help service members in these areas of the law nationwide, and files amicus curiae (friend of the court) briefs on behalf of ROA in USERRA and SCRA cases that have national significance.