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You could do some red white and blue colored sands.... though that may look kinda tacky but I think people would get it. I dunno it could look kinda cool with the layering though....

thanks...we are trying to figure out the sand and how to word everything.

You could get the vase personalized. Have a US flag or military symbol engraved on the vase.

hmm wording could be a bit tricky.... ***as we enter our new life, the life of not only marriage, but military, we give our word as not just mere newly weds but as a strong hard working machine, a team of two, with one heart, one love, one respect, and one goal. to uphold the responsibility and the commitment of our marriage and our country.*** idk just thought i would try and help, sounded all professional in my head lol. reword or dis guard if you want. :)

ok rereading it and looking at it maybe that sounds completely stupid. and it's lacking something.....at the time it did sound good to me. SORRY!

I am a militery brat and actully really like what future mrs. gamble put.. It is summing up all the love that yall have for each other and also the commitment for the military.. Good luck

i think its sounds good gammble!! this is what we said in ours
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Sarah & Brandon, today you join your separate lives together. The two separate bottles of sand symbolize your separate lives, separate families and separate sets of friends. They represent all that you are and all that you’ll ever be as an individual. They also represent your lives before today. As these two containers of sand are poured into the third container, the individual containers of sand will no longer exist, but will be joined together as one. Just as these grains of sand can never be separated and poured again into the individual containers, so will your marriage be.

sometimes in a Christian sand ceremony there is already some sand in the 3rd bottle (or the pastor pours in a contrasting colored sand) to represent God as the foundation of the newlyweds lives together. You could add some "camoflauge" colors at the bottom...sand color and light khaki maybe about 1/4th of the bottle before the ceremony, have your officiant say that the commitment to the military and your country is the foundation of your relationship and together your individual sands will mix with the military sand to form a strong team. If you want more wording let me know and I'll work on it for you. I admire your commitment to our country as a wife(to be) it takes a strong woman to stand by her military man in these days!

I dont know about the wording, but could you do the sand ceremony, then seal in the sand with a pillar candle and follow the typical unity candle ceremony after that. That way you are combining both in one very meaning ceremony and symbol.

wow you guys got a lot more then i did. i guess when you have so much to plan it gets hard to focus on just one thing. thank you adayremembered and Gamble. i really like where you guys are going with it. adayremembered i will so take you up on your offer thank you. to the rest of you i love your ideas too thank you. this is ll so exciting. the military is a huge part of my fiance,its in his blood. so i want to make sure we have military commitments and what not in it. i am very proud of him and admire the commitment he has to me and our country. so thats why this is all so important to me. i feel not only do we need to focus on us but also the military us. i know it can make things harder. thank you again.

when you're ready message me or email me! You're on your way to a good start with your marriage!

Just noticed you're in my neck of the woods... let's meet... (no charge!)

sounds good