Military Order of the Cootie Military National

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Military Order of the Cootie
Association Type
Military National

Website
https://www.lotcs.org/

Contact Phone Number
412-824-2240

Contact Email
supremehqmoc@lotcs.org
Year Established
1923

Short Name
MOOC
HQ Address
Supreme Headquarters, MOC
604 Braddock Ave
Turtle Creek, PA 15145-2068

 

WHO WE ARE:

The Military Order of the Cootie of the United States is a non-profit Veterans Service Organization. We are known as "The Honor Degree of the VFW" and our members are comprised of the officers and leadership of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States. Membership in the MOC is recognition of outstanding service to the VFW and its programs.

Founded in New York City on September 17, 1920, the MOC is based on the principals of good humor and fun. Over the past ninety years, the Cooties have provided social and entertainment programs to members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. as an Ancillary unit within the organization. Since 1923, our first year as a part of the VFW, the Cooties have worked hard to further the aims of the VFW while adding to it the frivolity known as Military Humor to the serious work of our parent organization. What would ultimately become known as the VFW National Home for Children, a sprawling campus of homes located in Eaton Rapids, Michigan, started out as the brainchild of the MOC. We firmly believe in caring for the widows and children of our Armed Forces. Literally millions of dollars have been raised and donated to help "our kids" over our history; starting with the library, the swimming pool, the Fire Department, and a host of other projects designed to make life fun and educational for the children during their stay at the National Home.

With the outbreak of World War Two, the Cooties recognized a need to entertain hospitalized troops and veterans during their confinement and rehabilitation at Veterans Administration facilities throughout the country. Our service program is described as a directive to "Keep 'em Smiling in Beds of White." Each year the Cooties volunteer thousands of hours of time worth over ten million dollars to DVA Hospitals and domiciliaries throughout the United States. This work, in addition to the hours of service donated as active members of the VFW, set the members of the MOC apart as Foreign Service and Combat Veterans who are fully engaged in their communities, and their fellow comrades in arms and their families. Our distinctive red hat and unusual uniform sets us apart and draws attention to the plight of those less fortunate than ourselves. We sacrifice a little of ourselves to bring a smile or a laugh during what is normally a difficult time for our heroes. We seek others like us to join and help us help them in their times of stress and anxiety.

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Pup Tent 11 (Sunny Slops) (Phoenix, AZ) Jackalope Pup Tent 6 (San Diego, CA)
Uncompagre PT-14 (CO) Okolehao Pup Tent #1 (Honolulu, HI)
Pup Tent KS006 (Junction City , KS) PupTent 6506 (MD)
Pup Tent 2 (Las Vegas, NV) Apollo Pup Tent 20 (Alamogordo, NM)
Havelock, NC (NC) Pup Tent 57 (Hickory, NC)
Pup Tent 11 NC Hog Heads (Kernersville, NC) River Rats (Oregon City, OR)
Willow Grove Chapter (Willow Grove, PA) Pup Tent 10 (Ladson, SC)
Pup Tent 1 (Sioux Falls, SD) Pup Tent 68 (Hewitt, TX)
Pup Tent 70 (Universal City, TX) DE-LAC-ITY Pup Tent 14 (Dale City, VA)
Pup Tent 2 - Norfolk Crabs (Norfolk, VA) Olympic Lice Chapter (Sequim, WA)
KnussKnackers PT-7 (Grafenwohr, GM) Mighty Pinatubo Pup Tent 15 (Angeles City , RP)
Pacific, District V, Pup Tent 6 (Bangkok, TH) Chokkum Chingo Pup Tent 8 (Songtan, KP)

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Abreu, Louis, III, CTM1 25 Anton, Stephen (Steve), RD2 
Beckman, Theodore (Ted), DPC Bentley, Richard, HM1 
Bilka, James, ST1  Boerner, Charles (Chuck), MM3 24
Bohnsdahl, Mike, HM1 BORDWELL, DON, PH1 
Brooks, Daniel, SK2 Clark, James, MA1 
Clausen, James, MM2 7 Cole, Shane, EM2 1
Connolly, Paul, AZ2 1 Dawson, Melissa, AZ2
DeBerry, Edmond (Buck), CE1 -Deceased  Delaney, Jeff, YN2
Eglich, Deborah (Deb), IS1 1 Evans, Michael (Mikey), AO1 
Flanagan, Derrick (Flanny), GM2 11 Fournier, Thomas (Doc), NC1 37
French, Tom (Pilotfighter), AQCS Gales, Richard, RM2 6
Gilbert, Bradford (Gil), FTMC  Golightly, Henry (Hank), NCC -Deceased 
Gruver, Jimmie (Jim), RMCM 29 Heerlyn, Ron, FTG1 21
Hernandez, Robert (Psychodoc), HMC Hilliard, Frank, IV, RMC 38
Jones, Bobby (Bobby J SKC(SW)), CPO 6 McGonigle, Patrick, AM1
Mooney, Jason, ATCS 4 Morton, Alvin (Al), IMC
O'Toole, Michael, RM2 Paggi, Willard (Bud), SN 16
Pitcher, Harvey, PC1  PN Prinz, Jerry (Seadog), CWO4
Rigsby, Raymond, HM2 1 Roth, Karen (Sister Tourettes), CT2 166
Rotunda, Marcello, Jr. (Jay), BMC 18 Schassar, Frederick (Fred), RMC 

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