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Military Wedding Decor – Address Your Military Wedding Invitations Correctly
Addressing a wedding invitation in accordance with proper
military code and your chosen military wedding decor is a headache
for military personnel. If you’re non-military you may not even
know what questions you should be asking, especially when it comes
to addressing your military wedding decor invitations with the
very formal titles of your military guests.
If you can create a civilian wedding invitation that suits your
wedding decor choices, then you can create a military wedding
invitation. The only difference comes in when you are addressing
the invitation and have to use formal titles.
Absolutely everyone’s rank and service is included. For example,
the bride’s and groom’s ranks and services are listed as are the
ranks and services of each of their parent’s. In the past, many
military brides have not used their titles on their invitations,
but there is no reason to continue this tradition. Claim your
title! You’ve earned it!
If the bride and groom are senior officers, their titles are
written before their names. Their branch or service are listed on
the line below their names. For example:
Colonel Emily Alexandria Johnson
United States Marine Corps
If you and your bride or groom are junior or company-grade
officers, then list your titles under your names and follow it up
with your branch of service. For example:
Thomas Andrew Odyssey
Second Lieutenant, United States Air Force
Remember that in the Army, First and Second Lieutenants use just
Lieutenant. In the Marines and the Air Force, First and Second are
used.
For personnel who are enlisted, whether they are the bride, groom,
parents of the bride or groom, members of the wedding party, or
guests, leave out the rank. Write out the name on one line and the
branch of service beneath. Never use Miss, Mrs., or Mr. when
referring to an officer who is on active duty. For example:
Angela Reya Rodriguez
United States Army
If any of the parents of the bride or groom, members of the
wedding party, or guests are retired military (especially if they
possess the rank of Commander or Lieutenant Colonel), they still
use their military titles though they are civilians so be sure to
include them on your invitations. Note that they are retired if
the invitation is addressed solely to them. For example:
Commander Ramira Andavi
United States Army, Retired
However! If the invitation is addressed to retired military and
their spouse, then the branch of service in which they served is
not mentioned underneath their name. For example:
Commander and Mr. Ramira Andavi
are cordially invited to…
One more thing: never abbreviate military titles. No Lt. for
Lieutenant. Write it out, especially on the outer envelope. On the
inner envelope, you are allowed a slight abbreviation of the
names, but not the military title. For example, Major and Mrs.
Lawson David Crisp on the outer envelope can become Major and Mrs.
Crisp on the inner envelope.
Should you happen to have guests who are married and possess the
same rank in the same branch of the service, address the envelope
like this example:
Majors Hector and Anna Guara or The Majors Guara
Should you invite guests who are married but possess different
services or ranks and the woman has kept her maiden name, follow
this example:
Lieutenant Anna Rodriguez
Major Hector Guara or
Lieutenant Rodriguez and Major Guara
Keep this article as a reference as you are addressing your
invitations according to military protocol as well as your
military wedding decor.
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About the Author
Valeria Vegas has
a Masters degree in Writing and regularly writes for a local newspaper. She
also teaches writing workshops in
San Francisco and has taught high school
English. As a freelance job, she corrects essays for the
SAT and ACT through
Pearson scoring as well as write copy for websites. She is the
Associate Editor of a literary magazine, edit manuscripts for Behler
publications, and works for authors independently. One of her stories was named
Notable Story of 2004 by Million Writers. She is a new a contributor to http://www.wedding-decoration-idea.com.
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