military/law enforcement brides! come here!

I am not military or law enforcement, but my sister is, and she had a cake that matched her cop car with working lights and siren!

Both me and my man are military (I'm Marine Corps and he's Navy) and we're not having anything of the sorts at our wedding, but that's just us! I would do subtle things like you have mentioned, I think that would be absolutely adorable and not over done!

Thanks Tara!

FH is in the police academy now. He's not wearing his dress uniform (he doesn't want to). I'm not sure if we'll incorporate much LEO stuff into the wedding.

I was the service member when we got married. The ONLY thing i had related to the military was a camouflage garter. My DD married an active duty Senior NCO and he wanted absolutely nothing military related at their wedding. He wanted it to reflect each of them as people because the military will fade from their lives, but hopefully they won't!

I think a few subtle nods to his service are ok, but if you go overboard it will look like a miltary ball instead of a wedding.

We're dual military. If your Fiance isn't keen on wearing his uniform, I wouldn't make him. You don't have to wear dress blues/uniform to proclaim to everyone they're military or police.

Also, they are uncomfortable.

We're incorporating blackhawk silhouettes at the bottom of our programs (I'm a blackhawk mechanic, he's a crewchief). We're also going to do pictures of military helicopters into the centerpieces, and lastly, I /think/ I'm getting a 'remove before flight' garter.

You can absolutely incorporate their career into their wedding, just know you really don't have to slap people with it.

Definitely not pushing him to wear his uniform to clarify- He's all about wearing his uniform, as he says he was wearing it when we met, wearing it when he proposed, and he's definitely gonna wear it when we get married he's being pretty freaking adorable about that. Love the idea about the Blackhawks, ally- that sounds so cute for you guys.

Originally, my husband was really unsure about how much "military" he wanted included in our wedding. As other Jeleebeenz mentioned, the military is a stage in our lives but it is not our whole life and he felt it was important to recognize that. He did end up wearing mess dress after attending another wedding where he was a groomsman in mess dress and loved it. We also had a saber arch at the church and featured his plane /flight suit on our save the dates. We didn't include any military touches at the reception or in the ceremony though, we felt the attire was enough and used the other aspects to reflect us as a couple.

Jelee- so true. Definitely don't want it to look like a ball!

FH is a police officer, but definitely won't be wearing his dress uniform. He would be super uncomfortable the whole time. I don't think we'll be doing anything to acknowledge his job (Although I definitely understand why others do)

We're dual military as well, he's not wearing his uniform because it doesn't really go with our more casual wedding. We are naming our tables after all the different bases we've each been stationed at, as well as having a flowchart for people to figure out where they're sitting. I wanted to see if I could find a sword to cut the cake, but that kind of fell to the wayside.

My sister and her DH are both Active Duty Navy. I'm prior Air Force, and was on the Honor Guard at the base level. My sister asked me to do the POW/MIA table for her. I set it up and read the script...

My FH both went to West Point. The only nod to the military we're doing is giving out Koozies at the bar that are black and gold with the Army logo on the back. I'm also trying to convince him that we should have "Go Army" painted on the bottom of my shoes and "Beat Navy" on the bottom of his, since we are doing a Catholic ceremony and will be kneeling during the ceremony.