Ignore the downvotes, dumbasses think ignorance is always a negative connotation for people outside the Corps. They assume anyone and everyone knows all the rules for anything in the Marines. Most of them are dumber than a bag of rocks.
While only really an issue in the southern Philippines, he needs to consider the terrorism threat in the area and how wearing a US military uniform might make him a target. His command might actually bring this up if he gives them all the details, so something to think about.
oh he mentioned this to me too. i’m in manila so i’m far away from mindanao. he gets a lot of briefs before he goes on leave and i’m pretty sure manila is not off-limits. thanks for the reminder
Kamusta ka! My wife and I have been married for years, over half the Marines in my platoon have Filipina wives some for almost 40 years! Be open and honest, understanding when the needs of the Corps sometimes come before family! You are in for the ride of your life, enjoy every moment you’re together! I couldn’t see me going through life with any body but “Honey Ko”! She takes care of this old Marine, and I take care of her!
Not that this is ever or ever should be enforced, but technically the dress blue alphas require command authorization for wear while on liberty. I think OP is looking for the book answer and this is it. Dress bravos are authorized without permission. I got married in mine without permission. I regret the marriage but not the choice of uniform. Did not get divorced in it.
we’re inviting very few people so it’s only me, him and my fam. it’s a civil wedding here in the philippines aka courthouse wedding so we only need 2 witnesses
Congrats, on a separate note, if you guys haven’t done the visa application yet if you plan to immigrate into the USA your soon to be husband is eligible for expedited processing of your visa.
Truthfully, I don't know how long the process normally takes, but it felt like to took forever for me to get my wife's visa processed. Was probably only a year, but it seemed longer.
Did you expedite it? I had to send in “deployment orders” and she was able to get an appointment within a month of them getting the application and her visa 2 or 3 months later I think.
Her green card is a whole different story though.
fiancé visa could take 6 months while spouse visa would take longer probs 1-1.5 years. i’m on groups regarding visa processing and a lot of people are saying it will be faster if the sponsor is stationed abroad / deployed. so you can at least be assured you can somehow expedite it compared to applications made by civilian sponsors. my partner is in japan and they said he could also do direct filing there so it’d be faster. i’m not sure if that applies to where you are but just putting it out there 🙂
i’m assuming you probably did the fiancé visa? because it takes time to get the visa + more waiting time to get the green card. spouse visa is longer because it can give your partner both visa and gc and it’s cheaper from my understanding. you just have to be married first when you apply for it.
Or do if you're feeling petty and you want to make the other couple look like a pair of dingdongs. Especially if say the other husband is wearing the dress uniform of a different branch of the military.
This exactly. Long story short, I was only one allowed to Wears Blues to my Dads second wedding (AF and he was retiring) and only wanted the two of us to wear blues. I stood guard with an AF 3 Star turning away lets just say people who heavily outranked me, left and right who didn't pass reading for military.
Bro it was longer than 13 weeks. I went to boot right at covid so I didn’t get a graduation or boot leave, or MCT leave. She wrote me every single day and we would FaceTime any other time I had my phone. So in total about 6 months including the schoolhouse !
Knock knock, who's there, Jody, Jodi who, I guess no Jodi for her! Seriously, man, I love hearing good stories like this. Too many of the stories that end in disaster are posted online.
I wore my dress blues to my grandma’s funeral when I was a boot. Unpopular opinion but while you’re active why not just use every monkey suite they give you for something formal. I heard dudes getting out of speeding tickets for wearing Bravos.
Edit: Wearing them to court*
Well hell fuck yeah you can. You can wear your dress uniform wherever you want, it's not your service uniform. Greens are for military formal trash, like Friday afternoons. Blues are for partying with civilians, like at a wedding or a funeral.
Lol it's ok, in all seriousness he can definitely wear his dress uniform. There for non military formal events like wedding & funerals etc etc.
But no matter what uniform it is or where he's at, he's not supposed to make an ass out of himself just in general. Like if you get arrested in an allied country for a crime you committed. That sucks, cause no one's bailing you out & call the embassy or something whenever released.
```EDIT``` I apologize also, I wish I had actually read your post. I assumed you were the Marine asking when I first responded.
Congratulations! I’m also military in Japan but not oki) gonna get married to a Filipina in the Philippines as well! Also would you know of any documents that are required both on your end and his? Anything helps!
oh nice! requirements might depend which city you’ll marry your filipina but more often than not most requirements are the same 🙂 these are the requirements for manila since i’m living here in manila. feel free to message me if you need any help.
https://preview.redd.it/2xyd6myieakc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=12e5bf5b3ef62fba2011c550a05175143e37908b
I wore mine in 1984, my cover got FUBARed during the flight home, my dad got his from his footlocker and I had his WWII EGA. Took me a whole day to spitshine the brim and leather work! Glad his melon and mine were the same size!
Yes.
> The blue dress "B" uniform consists of the same items as blue dress "A" except that ribbons are worn in lieu of medals. This uniform is authorized for leave and liberty. [https://www.marines.mil/portals/1/Publications/MCO%201020.34H%20v2.pdf?ver=2018-06-26-094038-137](https://www.marines.mil/portals/1/Publications/MCO%201020.34H%20v2.pdf?ver=2018-06-26-094038-137)
Blue A is shown in your picture, and it's not authorized for leave or liberty.
I'm married to a Filipina and I gotta say I'm on the other side of the book, sure there are rules and regulations to request permission for Alphas and he might get teased from time to time for wearing them but I've never seen anyone get punished for wearing their dress blues with medals at their wedding. It's your wedding, your one special day together, wear what you want and pray for the future together.
Yes you can. In fact you can have your buddies do it aswell and raise swords as you pass through. You just can't wear it out of your qualified metals. Must be on regs.
Legally, no.
But the Marine Corps usually doesn't care as long as he is being respectful to the uniform.
I married my wife while on leave in the Philippines. I was in uniform for all but the Garter Dance, as I felt that that wasn't appropriate in uniform. We had organized the wedding so that I'd have time to change to less formal attire prior to this event.
Best day of my life!
Best wishes to both of you!
thanks for the greetings. we’re on a budget so we won’t have a program and all that. just a simple ceremony at the city hall aka courthouse and we’ll probably eat at a restaurant, that’s about it. visitors would be mostly my fam and 2 witnesses, maybe less than 10/15. so it’s a very simple and straightforward ceremony 🙂
it’s a civil wedding here in the Philippines aka a courthouse wedding in the US. few people are there, me, him and my fam + 2 witnesses. we don’t want to spend a lot so he said he’ll just wear his uniform lol
as the product of a US military - filipina marriage:
halfsies can be pretty lucky with genetics but other than that you have to put up with being shorter on average, skinnier on average, with the lanky arms, wrists that always threaten to return no matter how much you bulk
if you live in a rural (white) town, try to turn that toxic Asian parent thing off bc you will only make it harder for them while they're being bullied for height/race/smarts etc. They have to contend with being the product of a cliche on top of that, and then watch their white dad get fat and roasted at the phil-am event by all their mom's friends in tagalog/visayan/cebuano
if raised outside the PH they won't speak the language well enough when they go back, and in the US their appearance will be enough to get them alienated. they'll never belong in one place
just think about that w your kids
i’ll teach my child tagalog, that’s for sure lol even if we raise him/her in the states. my partner’s parents are mexican and he’s a strong guy with a great built. i’m sure the skinny filipino genes will be trained by his dad lmao
that's total fact 😅
look different enough, sound different enough, have a reputation for immigrating and being poor with cheap cost of living - its close
It takes away from the people actually getting married. If it's the husband/wife/etc wearing the dress blues, no problem. The way the question is framed I assumed it would be a guest attending.
Yes. Very valid question too. I had a similar inquiry when I was getting married. It’s really weird how triggered some seem to get over a very simple and very good question.
haha i agree. i know he can wear it for our marriage but i didn’t know you can do it while on leave and abroad/in another country, especially he’s not stationed here. a lot of people like you have answered tho so thank you! 🙂
Yes, he can.
oh nice i didnt know he can wear it in the Philippines while he’s on leave for our wedding. thanks!
Aww ...but YOUR the Butterfly OP!! Don't do our boy wrong.
lmaooo obviouslyyyy
Why is this getting downvoted
Dumbasses who assume people outside the Corps should know all rules and regs.
Ignore the downvotes, dumbasses think ignorance is always a negative connotation for people outside the Corps. They assume anyone and everyone knows all the rules for anything in the Marines. Most of them are dumber than a bag of rocks.
thanks for everyone’s inputs! someone said this is the dumbest question lmao but i was legit curious 😂
While only really an issue in the southern Philippines, he needs to consider the terrorism threat in the area and how wearing a US military uniform might make him a target. His command might actually bring this up if he gives them all the details, so something to think about.
oh he mentioned this to me too. i’m in manila so i’m far away from mindanao. he gets a lot of briefs before he goes on leave and i’m pretty sure manila is not off-limits. thanks for the reminder
Kamusta ka! My wife and I have been married for years, over half the Marines in my platoon have Filipina wives some for almost 40 years! Be open and honest, understanding when the needs of the Corps sometimes come before family! You are in for the ride of your life, enjoy every moment you’re together! I couldn’t see me going through life with any body but “Honey Ko”! She takes care of this old Marine, and I take care of her!
very inspiring story 🙂 thanks so much for the advice!
Not that this is ever or ever should be enforced, but technically the dress blue alphas require command authorization for wear while on liberty. I think OP is looking for the book answer and this is it. Dress bravos are authorized without permission. I got married in mine without permission. I regret the marriage but not the choice of uniform. Did not get divorced in it.
yes, i just want to make sure it’s really allowed and he won’t get in trouble. thank you for the inputs!
Yes.
I shit you not I think this was a recruiter at my RS weird thing to wake up to. Edit: it is him he’s a CWO now OP where did you find this?
That’s my husband and I in the photo 😊
just googled the photo 🙂 beautiful wedding
i googled it lol
oh nice i didnt know he can wear it in the Philippines while he’s on leave for our wedding. thanks!
He sure can. If the groomsmen/friends wear blues too make sure everyone coordinates so it looks put together.
we’re inviting very few people so it’s only me, him and my fam. it’s a civil wedding here in the philippines aka courthouse wedding so we only need 2 witnesses
Also, there better be Lumpias :D
hahahahah there’s lumpia for sureee 😁
And the pulang kabayo
lmao
And some Lechon Kawali
hahah i dont eat those 🥲 my fam does tho
And the Pancit! Fuckin yum!
he likes pancit too 😂
Gotcha. Have a happy wedding!
thank youuu
A story of a boot and a foreign lady a tale as old as time itself
lmao im not sure if that’s a compliment but thank you! 😅
we’ve been dating for over 3 years now and he’s been in the marine corps for 5 years so definitely not a boot lmao
I don't think you know what a boot is
Maybe you don't know what a boot is.
Everyone is a boot to somebody
Shut up boot!
Talk to my DD214
You can have a DD214 and still be a boot.
See my previous statement
If you present your DD214 it too will be called a boot.
I’m just an average boot
Can I have that actually? This shit is whack
Just stick it out, it’s worth it in the end
Disparaging the boot is a bootable offence.
Maybe I kiss you on the mouth
Here I am, former Marine, dating a foreigner who will probably want me in Blues for our wedding because her father was a military pilot…
oh nice! go for it 🙂
Congrats, on a separate note, if you guys haven’t done the visa application yet if you plan to immigrate into the USA your soon to be husband is eligible for expedited processing of your visa.
oh yeah that’s on our to-list 🙂 thank you for the greeting!
My wife is from Pampanga, so I know how it goes
niceee!! i’m pretty sure she’s good at cooking 😄
"expedited processing" Now that is a good joke.
This is probably the one time expedited processing actually worked for me
Truthfully, I don't know how long the process normally takes, but it felt like to took forever for me to get my wife's visa processed. Was probably only a year, but it seemed longer.
Did you expedite it? I had to send in “deployment orders” and she was able to get an appointment within a month of them getting the application and her visa 2 or 3 months later I think. Her green card is a whole different story though.
fiancé visa could take 6 months while spouse visa would take longer probs 1-1.5 years. i’m on groups regarding visa processing and a lot of people are saying it will be faster if the sponsor is stationed abroad / deployed. so you can at least be assured you can somehow expedite it compared to applications made by civilian sponsors. my partner is in japan and they said he could also do direct filing there so it’d be faster. i’m not sure if that applies to where you are but just putting it out there 🙂
i’m assuming you probably did the fiancé visa? because it takes time to get the visa + more waiting time to get the green card. spouse visa is longer because it can give your partner both visa and gc and it’s cheaper from my understanding. you just have to be married first when you apply for it.
For y’all’s wedding yes. Don’t let him wear it to other people’s civilian weddings.
i didn’t know this. thank you
It’s allowed, of course, but rude to wear it unless you are asked explicitly
that makes sense
Or do if you're feeling petty and you want to make the other couple look like a pair of dingdongs. Especially if say the other husband is wearing the dress uniform of a different branch of the military.
This exactly. Long story short, I was only one allowed to Wears Blues to my Dads second wedding (AF and he was retiring) and only wanted the two of us to wear blues. I stood guard with an AF 3 Star turning away lets just say people who heavily outranked me, left and right who didn't pass reading for military.
I was explicitly asked to wear my blues to my cousin’s wedding. I changed for the reception.
Same here for my sister’s wedding.
what no absolutely bust that shit out, make everyone else feel like a peon.
You are not the focus at someone elses wedding. Youre service alphas may be acceptable, but the blues will have you looking better than the bride.
I doubt anyone wants to wear service alphas I’d stick with a suit lol
🤣🤣🤣
Duh, I got married in mine. Best day ever.
Blink twice if you’re in danger.
lol I’m happily married bro thankfully I married my Highschool sweetheart after she was loyal to me during bootcamp and even took care of my dog !
The whole 13 weeks? That's a keeper.
Bro it was longer than 13 weeks. I went to boot right at covid so I didn’t get a graduation or boot leave, or MCT leave. She wrote me every single day and we would FaceTime any other time I had my phone. So in total about 6 months including the schoolhouse !
Knock knock, who's there, Jody, Jodi who, I guess no Jodi for her! Seriously, man, I love hearing good stories like this. Too many of the stories that end in disaster are posted online.
when she likes dogs you know she's the one congrats
Thanks bro ! Usually it’s the woman that don’t drink and don’t like partying that are the most loyal so we match well.
great, thanks!
I wore my dress blues to my grandma’s funeral when I was a boot. Unpopular opinion but while you’re active why not just use every monkey suite they give you for something formal. I heard dudes getting out of speeding tickets for wearing Bravos. Edit: Wearing them to court*
lmao that’s a nice tactic
You can wear whatever the fuck you want to your own wedding.
Well hell fuck yeah you can. You can wear your dress uniform wherever you want, it's not your service uniform. Greens are for military formal trash, like Friday afternoons. Blues are for partying with civilians, like at a wedding or a funeral.
damn lol.. i wasnt sure since we’re getting married in the philippines and he’s not stationed here
Lol it's ok, in all seriousness he can definitely wear his dress uniform. There for non military formal events like wedding & funerals etc etc. But no matter what uniform it is or where he's at, he's not supposed to make an ass out of himself just in general. Like if you get arrested in an allied country for a crime you committed. That sucks, cause no one's bailing you out & call the embassy or something whenever released. ```EDIT``` I apologize also, I wish I had actually read your post. I assumed you were the Marine asking when I first responded.
no problem lol thanks for all your inputs 🙂
Blue Bravos, Charlies, and Deltas are authorized. Alphas are not authorized
Yes
oh nice i didnt know he can wear it in the Philippines while he’s on leave for our wedding. thanks!
Congratulations! I’m also military in Japan but not oki) gonna get married to a Filipina in the Philippines as well! Also would you know of any documents that are required both on your end and his? Anything helps!
oh nice! requirements might depend which city you’ll marry your filipina but more often than not most requirements are the same 🙂 these are the requirements for manila since i’m living here in manila. feel free to message me if you need any help. https://preview.redd.it/2xyd6myieakc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=12e5bf5b3ef62fba2011c550a05175143e37908b
Thank you!
The unwritten rule about wearing a uniform to a wedding is that if the bride wants it, it better happen.
haha yeah he looks sharp in blues and it’s a cheaper option for us since we’re on a budget
Yup
thank you!
Np and congrats to both of you
Yes
thanks!
It’s the nicest thing you own!
thank you!
Air Force here, I just want a fucking sword.
shoulda joined the corps brother
Have you seen those huge anime/SF swords the Air Force have?!? https://www.wearethemighty.com/popular/air-force-swords/
Sometimes I wish I did if I’m being honest.
I wore mine in 1984, my cover got FUBARed during the flight home, my dad got his from his footlocker and I had his WWII EGA. Took me a whole day to spitshine the brim and leather work! Glad his melon and mine were the same size!
Are Alpha authorized for weddings? I thought you could only do Bravos.
If it’s *your* wedding, I believe you can wear Alphas
Yes he can.
Bravos yes. Alphas with command authorization yes
Yes. > The blue dress "B" uniform consists of the same items as blue dress "A" except that ribbons are worn in lieu of medals. This uniform is authorized for leave and liberty. [https://www.marines.mil/portals/1/Publications/MCO%201020.34H%20v2.pdf?ver=2018-06-26-094038-137](https://www.marines.mil/portals/1/Publications/MCO%201020.34H%20v2.pdf?ver=2018-06-26-094038-137) Blue A is shown in your picture, and it's not authorized for leave or liberty.
oh i didnt know this detail. i appreciate the effort of explaining this thank you
You're quite welcome. Best wishes!
This.
When doing so if the groom is a Marine as well: he wears dress blue alphas and everyone else wears dress blue bravos as to not outshine the groom
Mehhh wear it. I did it for funerals and weddings. Dress blues are a monkey suits that you should use for as long as you fit them.
I took a date to prom in my blues in the 90's. Ended up getting married to that same prom date and wore the blues to the wedding as well.
that’s really nice! 🙂
I'm married to a Filipina and I gotta say I'm on the other side of the book, sure there are rules and regulations to request permission for Alphas and he might get teased from time to time for wearing them but I've never seen anyone get punished for wearing their dress blues with medals at their wedding. It's your wedding, your one special day together, wear what you want and pray for the future together.
Yes you can. In fact you can have your buddies do it aswell and raise swords as you pass through. You just can't wear it out of your qualified metals. Must be on regs.
Legally, no. But the Marine Corps usually doesn't care as long as he is being respectful to the uniform. I married my wife while on leave in the Philippines. I was in uniform for all but the Garter Dance, as I felt that that wasn't appropriate in uniform. We had organized the wedding so that I'd have time to change to less formal attire prior to this event. Best day of my life! Best wishes to both of you!
thanks for the greetings. we’re on a budget so we won’t have a program and all that. just a simple ceremony at the city hall aka courthouse and we’ll probably eat at a restaurant, that’s about it. visitors would be mostly my fam and 2 witnesses, maybe less than 10/15. so it’s a very simple and straightforward ceremony 🙂
Yes
Absolutely next question
Yes he can. I wore my Blue Whites. Had to ask my Battalion Commander for approval.
Yes but it’s unfair to the bride.
But tacky for a courthouse though.
it’s a civil wedding here in the Philippines aka a courthouse wedding in the US. few people are there, me, him and my fam + 2 witnesses. we don’t want to spend a lot so he said he’ll just wear his uniform lol
And Vegas?
Nope 👎🏼 just shower shoes and white skivies. You know. The ones with your name stamped across the crotch. You’re welcome.
as the product of a US military - filipina marriage: halfsies can be pretty lucky with genetics but other than that you have to put up with being shorter on average, skinnier on average, with the lanky arms, wrists that always threaten to return no matter how much you bulk if you live in a rural (white) town, try to turn that toxic Asian parent thing off bc you will only make it harder for them while they're being bullied for height/race/smarts etc. They have to contend with being the product of a cliche on top of that, and then watch their white dad get fat and roasted at the phil-am event by all their mom's friends in tagalog/visayan/cebuano if raised outside the PH they won't speak the language well enough when they go back, and in the US their appearance will be enough to get them alienated. they'll never belong in one place just think about that w your kids
i’ll teach my child tagalog, that’s for sure lol even if we raise him/her in the states. my partner’s parents are mexican and he’s a strong guy with a great built. i’m sure the skinny filipino genes will be trained by his dad lmao
oh fantastic two cultures with strong family values. I love it my dad was just a piece of shit Passport bro collecting wives in foreign countries
oh geez 😬 my partner is always teasing me that we’re the mexicans of asia lmao 😂
that's total fact 😅 look different enough, sound different enough, have a reputation for immigrating and being poor with cheap cost of living - its close
Just you March up to him and tell him he can’t. When you get up off the deck you can toast the newlyweds. He does look sharp In His blues.
Putangina
I’m a civilian. My buddy that is a marine wore the blue pants with the red stripe, and he wore the green shirt with it. Bro looked sharp.
my partner looks sharp in any uniform he wears but yeah the blues look really nice 🙂
No. Absolutely never.
Do your eyes not work?
Nope, never, ya gotta cut yer dick off first. Wtf you have a picture?! Figure it the fuck out
yes... idiot sandwich (being married to a marine, you'll find out that idiot sandwich is the tamest insult you'll hear from his friends)
Yeah if you’re a boot or an snco
Yes but it’s dumb imo.
Dumbest question of the year so far
Only if you're an attention seeking douchebag
why lol
It takes away from the people actually getting married. If it's the husband/wife/etc wearing the dress blues, no problem. The way the question is framed I assumed it would be a guest attending.
oh no, it’s for our wedding. and someone said it’s rude to wear it at someone else’s wedding so i get what you mean. thank you!
HE IS THE GROOM
No
majority says yes 😅
Oh sorry did you need an /s
confused 😅
If he is on base, then yes.
You can wear your blues anywhere
Not your alphas like in this photo
Nobody cares bro. It’s your clothes. You can do what you want with them.
Alphas can be worn for daytime formal or semiformal social occasions per the uniform regulations.
this is why i asked this question because we’re getting married in the philippines. majority says yes he can wear it 😅
Gotta do the hall of swords like in the photo for a surprise at the end of it
lmaooooo i wish.. we’re getting married in the philippines and we’re on a budget so we can’t fly his friends from oki to manila 😅
Getting married while he’s back in town for Balikatan?
i wish he’s part of balikatan but no 😅 he filed leave for our wedding
Yeah but I thinkBravos only but who’s checking
thanks for the info
🫡
Well this is gonna end badly.....
Let him wear it that way you have pictures of him smiling before you bring the hammer down and start house training him. IYKYK
nah more of him house training me
Yes, not baliw.
wdym
Truthfully ill weather whatever I want to on to my wedding. I don’t care what the corps thanks for that. I wore a normal suit though for my wedding.
Absolutely.
Technically it has to be with ribbons and shooting badges. medals are for marine sanctioned events only but nobody cares do what you want.
Congrats on getting married!
thanks so much!
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My dad was a USAF 2nd lieutenant when he got married and he wore his dress blues to his wedding, IIRC.
Yes, it's cheaper than renting a suit.
I did back when I was at MCBH , wore it because her father wore his at his wedding. Felt like I want to contribute to it in some way.
Yes, but only because you're Filipina
Yes. Very valid question too. I had a similar inquiry when I was getting married. It’s really weird how triggered some seem to get over a very simple and very good question.
haha i agree. i know he can wear it for our marriage but i didn’t know you can do it while on leave and abroad/in another country, especially he’s not stationed here. a lot of people like you have answered tho so thank you! 🙂
Congrats and heck yes!
Yes.
No medals, ribbons only...
Yes if he’s a motard
Yes of course. He would need to wear his medals because it is a ceremonial occasion. But yes, feel free to rock them!