Military Wedding Photos

This Couple Enjoyed a Hot Air Balloon Ride After Their Korean Paebaek Wedding Ceremony at Lovegrove Estate in Summerville, South Carolina

Mere moments before Ashley McCullough reached an adventurer’s milestone, her boyfriend (Daniel Fink) had a sweet surprise. “Ashley and I are adventurous people, so on a dream cruise down to Antarctica, I proposed to Ashley just before she reached a lifetime goal of visiting all seven continents,”...

Shades of Blue Filled This Nautical Lakefront Estate Wedding in Bay Harbor, Michigan

Rachel and Ariel traveled to Ariel’s family’s vacation home for their Independence Day–themed wedding, inspired by Rachel’s first visit there one Fourth of July. “Ariel has always mentioned how much he loved Michigan and all of his memories from summers spent there,” Rachel says. “It didn’t take ...

One Couple's Vintage-Meets-Boho Military Wedding at Green Gardens Farms in Battle Creek, Michigan

Mckayla and Jordan planned a boho-inspired wedding at Green Garden Farms in Battle Creek, Michigan, that began with a ceremony in a field and ended with a romantic reception in a greenhouse. At every step of the way, the couple's wedding was packed with personalization—from nods to Jordan's milit...

A U.S. Naval Academy Wedding in Annapolis, Maryland, Filled With Flea Market Finds

Hilary and Christopher (Chris) had a traditional wedding at the 100-year-old chapel at the US Naval Academy, the groom’s alma mater. Chris’s classmates made a sword arch as the newlyweds kissed outside the US Naval Academy Chapel. Then they partied at a rustic farm, serving crab cakes, fall veget...

Chinoiserie Details Filled This Couple's Wedding at Upper Montclair Country Club in New Jersey

Katherine and Erik met when they were one step away from the altar—as maid of honor and best man for their close friends’ wedding. A few years later, they were the ones celebrating. “Our ultimate goal was to create an event that we would love years from now,” Katherine says. “We’re both tradition...

A Military Microwedding on the Naval Academy's Football Field in Annapolis, Maryland

The United States Naval Academy holds a special place in the hearts of Alyssa Burns & Kevin Edwards II. Kevin graduated from the United States Naval Academy and was on both the track and field and football teams during his time there. "We had plans to get married at the campus chapel, however...

A Regal Navy-and-Gold Military Wedding at Ivory Oak in Texas Hill Country

Though Hebron Kelecha (25 and a medical student) and Nebyou Abera (27 and a US Army Infantry Captain) met as children (“It would be an understatement to say I had a crush on Hebron when we were teens,” Nebyou says), it wasn’t until a chance social media message many years later that the two conne...

A Classic Navy-and-White Military Wedding at Belle Mer in Newport, Rhode Island

It was important to Nikki Anderson and Karthik Venkatraman, "to have the wedding be a representation of who we are as a couple." As such, they planned a wedding in Newport, Rhode Island, that melded watercolor details, traditional Indian elements and tributes to the Navy. While those components w...

A Bohemian Country Wedding at The Barn at High Point Farms in Flintstone, Georgia

Though Amy Minchew (31 and owner of Minchew & Company and artist at Amy K. Art) is a self-proclaimed fantasy fanatic, she’ll admit that her relationship with husband Matthew Hardy (32 and a Master Sergeant in the US Air Force) didn’t have the most storied beginning. “I originally decided to g...

A Modern, Vegas-Themed Wedding at the W Austin Hotel in Texas

Despite eloping in Las Vegas the year before, Bruce Robison (32 and an Air Force operations officer) and Jose Plata’s (30 and a Navy physician) one-year anniversary called for a celebratory, Sin City–inspired bash. “It was important to share the fun, carefree feeling one gets in Vegas with a Texa...

A Romantic, Industrial Wedding at the Lace Factory Wedding in Deep River, Connecticut

Jenna Fahey (29 and a director of partnerships) and Chris Maloney (36 and a pilot in the US Marine Corps) had stained wood centerpieces, striped accents, and gray and gold touches that played up the couple’s charming factory venue. A bagpiper performed as guests entered the church, and onlookers ...

A Fall Military Wedding at the Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum in Ashland, Nebraska

Amanda Reyes and Matthew Bliley met in Air Force pilot training, so their wedding naturally revolved around airplanes. For starters, they tied the knot at the Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum in Ashland. “Two years before the wedding, we visited and jokingly said we should get married...

A Classic Wedding at the Hickory Street Annex in Dallas, Texas

Kathryn Bentley (25 and an adjunct instructor) and Andrew Butler (27 and a Naval Intelligence Officer) fused a pastel color palette with soft linens and roses for their wedding at the industrial and historic Hickory Street Annex in Dallas, Texas. “Only having three weeks to plan locally allowed m...

A Rustic, Romantic Wedding at a Private Home in Cedar City, Utah

From the custom wedding arch to the rustic wooden place settings and ice cream bar, Traci Greninger and Travis Schlotterbeck’s mountaintop wedding was full of playful, personalized touches.<br><br>Floral prints and shades of pink lent a romantic element to the day, while wooden farm tables, hay b...

A Blush Military Wedding at Half Moone Cruise and Celebration Center in Norfolk, Virginia

Samantha Fuhrman (27 and an engineer) and John Burns (25 and a US Navy Surface Warfare Officer) met on the go-kart racing team at Purdue University. Wanting their celebration to feel like a “romantic, candlelit walk in the park,” Samantha and John decked out their reception venue with trees, lant...

A Traditional, Military Wedding at Canal 337 in Indianapolis, Indiana

Almost a decade after meeting in a physics class at the Stevens Institute of Technology in New Jersey, Kaitlyn Taylor (27 and a food scientist) and Kyle Hanas (27 and a US Marine Corps officer) married in a traditional military wedding at a former church in Indianapolis, Indiana. Kaitlyn wore a l...

An Organic, Air Force Wedding at the Reserve at Bluebird Hill in Lenoir City, Tennessee

High school sweethearts Amy Prosise (22 and an HR recruiter) and Conner Schwartz (22 and a US Air Force officer) wanted every part of their wedding day to feel natural and timeless. They chose a palette of ivory, gold and ivy, with splashes of navy throughout, that served as a crisp backdrop for ...

A Rustic, Bohemian Wedding at Balmorhea Events in Magnolia, Texas

 Eric Herold (29 and a U.S. Navy officer) proposed to Brett Kelley (26 and a high school teacher) with a beautiful rose gold and alexandrite ring, “The stone changes color depending on the light that hits it," Brett says. "It is teal blue in natural light, purple with indoor lighting and green wi...

A Romantic Mountainside Wedding at Castle Hill Cider in Keswick, Virginia

After dating for 10 years, high school sweethearts Jamie Kuang (26) and Min Jung (26 and a US Army Ranger) tied the knot in a romantic mountainside ceremony at Castle Hill Cider in the beautiful countryside of Keswick, Virginia. “We chose the venuebecause of the views and the setting,” Jamie says...

A Lakeside Military Wedding at Spring Lake in Rockmart, Georgia

High school sweethearts Morgan Lehr (22 and a teacher) and Park Seagraves (23 and a naval officer) embraced the great outdoors and their adventurous spirit during their lakeside wedding at Spring Lake in Rockmart, Georgia. “We are very outdoorsy and adventurous people, so we wanted our theme to b...

A Garden-Inspired Wedding at Hamilton Farm Golf Club in Gladstone, New Jersey

Alexandra Rice (26 and a speech-language pathologist) and Thomas Dalton (28 and a captain in the US Army) pulled of a classic summer affair with garden-inspired flair for their July 4 weekend wedding in Gladstone, New Jersey. “It was important to us that we got married in a place that fit our per...

A Romantic Wedding at Olde Dobbin Station in Montgomery, Texas

Long before Katie Johnston and Thomas Richardson had even met, she had her eye on Olde Dobbin Station in Montgomery, Texas. "I had been stalking that venue for years," Katie says. Together, the couple planned a winter wedding at a chapel just north of Houston, Texas, before celebrating in the ren...

An Elegant, Ballroom Wedding at the Roosevelt Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana

The history and culture of New Orleans, Louisiana, made the nuptials between Meredith Farris (27 and a lawyer) and Jeffrey Madderra (27 and an Army lieutenant) truly distinctive. Held at the Roosevelt Hotel, where artists like Ray Charles, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra perfor...