Hi ladies!
Hubby is enlisted Air Force, but he's applied for commissioning in the Army Medical Service Corps. The board meets in mid-October, so hopefully this time next month we'll have some good news!
I want to put together a nice intimate event to celebrate this great achievement (pending his acceptance, of course) I wanted to see if you ladies knew of any blogs or websites that have featured military commissioning celebrations or any masculine parties you've seen that you'd want to share. I follow a lot of party blogs (as I'm an event planner by profession) but the majority of those events are super girly or for kids. I need some masculine ideas, but would really love anything with a military touch as well.
TIA!
Re: Looking for ideas for a commissioning party
It really depends on the person. For my commissioning, we had a brunch with all the family and friends out at a restaurant. For my exH, we had a BBQ the weekend following his commissioning. I have seen catered cocktail attire events and seen celebrations at a country bar. It can be whatever you would like it to be.
The commissioning ceremony traditionally has cake/punch. The new officers can cut the cake with a sabre(or sword) if those are available. If they would like to use a sabre to cut the cake at a home event, they can check with local ROTC units to borrow a saber.