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Just giving a shoot out to see how many bees are military brides. Whether it be the fiance's in the military or the brides in the military.
Are you planning a military wedding or just a regular wedding?
I'm a military bride myself. I'm the one in the military and so a military wedding won't exactly work, none of the groomsmen are in the military and theres NO WAY I'm wearing my uniform instead of a wedding gown! But I'm thinking of using a sabre to cut the cake (if we decide to have a traditional cake) as a way to show a military bride.
Tell your story, it's interesting to hear about how you have to be flexible with wedding plans.
I'm a military bride, too! Well I"m not the one in the military, my fiance is (Air Force), but I can't wait. We're hopefully going to coordinate some military aspects into the wedding. Oh! And I just found a military board on here, it's under the "cultural boards" http://boards.weddingbee.com/board/military. :)
Wow. Talk about being spacey - I think this wedding planning is already getting to me. Sorry, Peaches! I didn't realize you already posted this in the Military thread. :)
I think we're planning on having my fiance wear his dress blues, along with two of his groomsmen (they're also in the AF), then the other groomsman will just wear a suit. I'd love ot have the Arch of Sabers, so that's my fiance's one and only job - to find out how to get one for our wedding!
I didn't post it in the military thread, someone else moved it.
Oh!!, about a arch of sabers, I was in one once. If you're close to a College ROTC, contact one of the instructors and ask if they can provide assistance. If you are on a military post/ or near a military post, his unit should have plenty of people for a saber, the only hard part is finding the sabers. In the arch that I was in, there was five of us, four in the arch and a fifth that gave the commands ....of welcoming the bride into the military type of thing...
I figured not to have an arch, because it would just seem rather odd, what would they smack the guy in the ass with the saber saying "welcome to the army?"
hi! I'm almost a military bride (i'll explain!). My FI is finishing law school and has been offered a position as an Air Force JAG. He's always wanted to be in the military, and is so proud to finally be able to give back to his country. We're getting married in October 2009, and he'll leave for training in January 2010. Then we find out where we'll get stationed first! I'm so proud of him, and really excited that we're making this journey together. He was super bummed that he won't be commissioned by the time of our wedding, because he wanted to wear his dress blues. But I told him that 15 months of engagement was quite enough, and i'm not postponing it another 6!!
We are planning a regular wedding. Even though I love the fact that my FI is in the Navy and think he is so darn handsome in his uniform, that's not what he is all about to me, I am looking forward to see him in his tuxedo since I get to see him in his uniform often.
Military (Coast Guard) bride here! Wedding was last weekend - sword arch was a hit!! I have pics if anyone is interested!
@mdarrah - I'm VERY intersted in your pics! We're planning on having a sword arch, so I'd love to see it!
peaches_skittles: I'm a woman in the military too! (CG). I say go for the cake cutting with your sword, honey. I inwardly giggle at the thought of my civilian husband using MY sword to cut our cake with :)
The first photo is from our wonderful photog, and the second one is from a guest. The first one - so pretty and a beautiful tradition right? The second - the after effects!! Ouch!!! For anyone who doesn't know - its tradition for the best man to swat the bride on the butt as she exits saying "Welcome to the Coast Guard!" (or whatever branch it is). Also, as you try to walk through, they cross swords in front of you and you have to kiss to "unlock" the arch. We did cut the cake with the sword later. They were both moments I wouldnt have exchanged for anything.
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Well he is wearing his Class "A" as well as other guests, our cake topper is a bride and her soldier and the garders are his unit colors and insignia.
@kurlynut - 100% agree with you. I support my fiance's choice to join the Navy, but it's just one part of his life - not the end all be all of our lives. I'm very excited to see him in a tux, and celebrate the wedding that I've always looked forward to.
I was an active duty Marine for 4 years, got out for 2 1/2 and then was recalled to active duty as part of my IRR obligated service (when you enlist it's for 4 years active duty and 4 years inactive duty where, at any time in those 4 years you can be called up if the service needs you). So now, I find myself planning my wedding with inspiration from Weddingbee allllll the way from Iraq! My "fiancee" (been together 6 years but not 'formally' engaged YET!!) and I met when we were both still in (the first time!) so it's nice that he totally 'gets' everything that I'm going through now. I don't think that we will be incorporating anything "Marine Corps" into our wedding... mostly because I'm just SICK of it! lol.
Miss Marine - you are an inspiration to us all, reading weddingbee and planning from Iraq! Good luck with the rest of your deployment and wedding planning as well. :-)
Im also an "almost sorta" military bride. My fiance is gearing up to take the Bar & has been commissioned (about 2 weeks ago) as a Navy JAG officer. We are waiting to hear word on his request for a 1 year deferrment so that he can complete a judicial clerkship. If he gets denied he will be heading out for training in Aug and by Dec we should know where he is stationed. If he gets it then it will be Aug next year for training and Dec 2010 we should find out our location. My wedding planning is kinda on hold until we figure out where we're going to be! It sure is exciting though! It took about a year for him to go through the JAG application process and I am so proud of him!
I am also marrying a man in the Navy :) We both come from military families so it was important to include that in our wedding.
I love the idea of the sword arch. His decision to join the Navy influenced my color choices- all of his best men will either be Marines or Naval officers in time for our wedding. Meaning wearing either white or black uniforms- the colors of my wedding :)
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I was a military bride, my husband is an officer and pilot in the Air Force. However, he wasn't ever really interested in wearing his mess dress at our wedding, so he and all of his groomsmen wore tuxedos. He feels like his life revolves around the military anyhow, so he didn't want our wedding day to be dictated by it.
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Both me and my FI are military, but we will not be having a military wedding due to the fact that he does NOT want to wear his dress whites to the wedding (but dang he looks hot in them!). I am thinking of putting some sort of nautical flare on some part of the wedding them, such as using a Navy blue or anchors, though... oh what to do?!
@mdarrah- beautiful photos!!!
Mr. K is in the military, an Army dentist. He is in basic traning right now--they are keeping him busy! We didn't have any military elements in our wedding because it just hasn't been a big part of our lives yet. But now that he is active duty I'm sure that will change!
I don't know if you guys have seen this, but it's coming up soon so I thought I'd share! Get a FREE wedding dress for being a military bride: http://www.bridesacrossamerica.com/Home_Page.html
Thanks, Bean! I've seen that before and think it's really cool, but the part that gets me is that you're only eligable if you or your FI is deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan. I know my FI and several other people get deployed to other places for long periods of time. It sometimes makes me sad that people only focus on those deployed to Iraq or A-stan.
im an army officer's girl!!! he is super modest but i couldnt be more proud so i want to incorporate some military aspects to our wedding!
my fi and some of his groomsmen are wearing their dress uniform (yay so sexy!) and we are doing the sabre arch after the ceremony!
as hard a lifesyle as it is, i am so very proud of him and althought the army controls so many aspects of our lives now, nothing will ever change what we have with each other.
good luck and keep up the faith to other military bees!
I'm marrying into the military too. :) The Army to be exact. My fiance is an Airborne Infantry soldier and he is serving his 3rd tour right now in Afghanistan for a year. I am sooo proud of him for serving our country and doing the things he does even though I worry sometime.
Planning a wedding though while he is in Afghanistan isn't the easiest thing, especially because if we get married during the summer after he gets back (because he wants to get married ASAP but I really want a summer wedding) it doesn't leave much wiggly room time wise. Plus because he proposed to me the night before he shipped out, well two nights before technically but the night before he left we didn't sleep at all because we were having to pack all his things so I don't count it lol. But anyways, due to the fact that he left right afterwards for Afghanistan we can't take engagement pictures until his midtour leave in December. :( But he is really supportive and keeps saying that he is kind of happy that he is deployed the year before we get married because he has nothing else to spend his money on so it all gets saved for the wedding haha 
I do want to incorperate some military aspects into our wedding for sure. Mr. HoneyBunny says he doesn't want to wear, or any of his groomsman, to wear their Class A's during the ceremony (because we will be on the beach which I agree with) but wants to change into their dress uniforms for the reception, which I like because he looks hot in them hehe. I would also love to have the arch of sabors and cut the cake (unless we have cupcakes hehe) with one. I am also trying to research to find out other traditions that might fit in. So any suggestions from you other Military Bees would be great!
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I also am a soon-to be military bride. My future FI is in the Air National Guard. We have endured one deployment and now are preparing for his second deployment coming this December. It is certainly difficult but I am also so proud of him. I highly doubt we will incorporate any of the military aspects into our wedding but I feel as thought we maybe should beings it has been a pretty significant part of our relationship. I guess it is something to talk about! I could maybe incorporate it somehow into the grooms cake!
HoneyBunny, if th wedding being on the beach is the only reason he doesn't want to be in uniform, I'd say to check out my wedding because the guys were in their dress whites with toes in the sand and they and the guests thought it was great.
I'm also a soon to be military wife. I've been a navy girlfriend/Fiance for over four and a half years. My Fiance is active duty U.S Navy but, fortunately he is on shore command right now (yay!) so planning the wedding is much easier than if he were to be back at the fleet.
My Fiance will be wearing a kilt but, had he not decided on a kilt then he would have opted for his dress blues probably- I personally am not a fan of tuxes. We won't be incorporating anything military in the wedding however I have asked our pastor to mention our military heroes in the dinner prayer/blessing of the food. Many of our guests are vetrans or active duty and we are very proud of the military folk in our lives and the ones that we don't know personally around the world risking everything for our safety. We are a proud military family in general so this is important to us.
Hi :) My bf/fiance recently enlisted in the air force. He'll be going to basic training in January. We'll hopefully have a small ceremony when he gets back then it's off to wherever he gets stationed. I'm really excited to be with him but really scared/nervous to enter the military life. I know nothing about the military except from what I've read online.
I don't mind if he wears his uniform or not. The wedding won't be too formal, so I'm okay with either way, just whatever he's comfortable with.
MissMarine--Semper Fi! I'm in a similar boat! I just left active duty after 4 years of service in June, so I'm on the list for another 4 years! My fiance is sticking for 20, and is in Afghanistan.
Peaches Skittles--For what branch do you serve?
My fiance and I aren't planning a military wedding, but the Marines can certainly wear their Dress Blues (my fiance will be). As proud as I am to wear my uniform, I am definitely going for the gown! My brother is a Marine and will wear blues, and my Dad is retired (he doesn't opt to wearthe uniform though). I like giving them the option. We are going to have bagpipes, which is sometimes considered a bit of a military element, though we're of Irish heritage and just love the sound. I won't be surprised if some military tunes are played, which will be lovely.
My parents were married in 1977--back in the days where Marines had the Dress Whites (not Dress Blue Whites...). Both parents were Marines, but my Mom wore a gown. My grandfather was still active duty, so he gave her away in uniform. They had the sword arch, which had both Sailors and Marines, and it looked fantastic in pictures (as I wasn't there).
I think it just depends on what the couple wants. There are so many options, and there's no right or wrong choice to make.
honeybunny my fi is airborne infantry too. He deployed in March but were not planning for our wedding till next November so we should have a little more time. Good luck and get insurance! You never know when the Army will change stuff on you.
same place my fi is baker company 3rd BN. Do you live up there?
We're a dual military couple :) FI is in the MA National Guard, and when I graduate from college in 2011, we're going to move down to VA and we'll be in the VA NG. He's deploying to Afghanistan RIGHT after the wedding. We tried to give ourselves four months, but they moved up the deployment four months. Welcome to the Army, haha!
The fiance is an Air Force officer currently going through pilot training. We had to pick a date after his graduation from pilot training for the real wedding, but we decided to sign the papers when he's in town for Christmas so we can start getting some benefits, and as a back-up in case (knock on wood) our plans fall through for whatever reason. What's really bugging me is having no idea where I'm going to be living after the wedding--I'd love to be job hunting, but he won't find out what he'll be flying and where we'll be stationed for another several months.
I'm basically planning alone, though I did ask him for input before he started training. He wants to wear his blues (we're not crazy about mess dress), have a saber arch, and cut the cake with an Air Force sword, which I am happy to oblige. Otherwise, nothing specifically military, and everything is pretty much up to me.
Congratulations and good luck to all the military brides!
Lilypad: we're in the same plane (get it? boat, but plane?). Ha. Anyway, my fiance and I are long distance and he keeps getting thrown on deployment lists only to be taken off. I've been basically planning it alone and the things you mentioned above were the only things mine wanted, too. I gave him the job to get the saber arch together, so hopefully he'll do that!
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