I relied a lot on my mom and my girlfriends to help work out all of the details… the flowers, the invites, the reception, all of it. I sent him to a tux place where he was based to get measurements and they sent them to the rental place where I lived, so that helped on that front. And he had to make the hotel reservations for our wedding night… again, no bid deal on his part. His mom and I actually planned the honeymoon (gotta love the woman!!) and she organized the rehersal dinner.

Actually, now it wouldn’t be that bad… he can see pics of everything and make choices over the internet. We didn’t have that luxury 20 years ago… had to rely on descriptions of everything.

Just relax and call in all your friends… you’ll have a great time planning and getting everything ready. And he’ll love just having to show up!!
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AF spouse – 20 years

my husband proposed to me at his basic training graduation and we got married right after he graduated AIT…. about 3 months to prepare!

it was a rush but worth it.

good luck

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Army Wife

We had it at our chuch, not only was it the only time he had to come home, but the church was already decorated for the holiday so that saved us a ton of money!!

We had the reception in the church hall becuz being members, we got it for free.

I had a friend who managed a florist at the time and she gave me a phenomenal deal on the bouteneers, bouquets and mothers corsages.

I did not get an altar piece because the church already had one for Christmas.

The food was potluck provided by moms, aunts and godmothers.

I bought my dress off the rack at a deep discount cuz it was the last one.

One of the church’s musicians played the guitar for us and didnt take payment cuz it was a Christmas/ wedding gift from him.

My mother made my bridesmaids’ dresses @ $60 each.
My veil was $20 from an Asian dress store.
My boots were $25 from Walmart.

My husband and his best man wore their Class A’s, the other groomsmen wore suits of their choice.

All told, our wedding cost us around $500. I had a month and a half to plan. I thought it was gonna be a shambles, but if you simplify it and ask friends and family for help, it WILL work.

They will understand that you have no time, lots of stress and an inflexible Army time frame.

Good luck, try not to stress, ask for help and enjoy your day with your hubby before he has to leave again. Believe me it’s hard. The first 2 years of our marriage we didnt live together. Blessings to you.

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As to wedding planning – just tell him the time and place to show up in uniform. You do the rest of the work.
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My suggestion is wedding in December, honeymoon for 10 days later.

Is this more about the marriage or the party? Goodluck and congrats.
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if you are looking to get married so that you can go with your fiance and get the extra money and benefits while he is away.. i suggest to do it this way. you do not need a big expensive wedding to be married. good luck
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It takes some work on his part. Tell him to find out from his chain-of-command EXACTLY when his class dates are, have him put in a leave request NOW and specify on it that the leave is to GET MARRIED and he will have no problems!
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