With every fall comes a considerable amount of dread as I peer into the recesses of my closet and look, with great trepidation, for the dress that I will wear to the USMC Birthday Ball. And every year ...

Warrant Officer 3 Chivon Cyrus will wear a black, sparkling gown to the party after her Army retirement ceremony — and it didn't cost her a dime. She walked out of a shop at Fort Eustis, Virginia, on ...

Karen Boudrie's title is president of the Military Officers' Wives Club of Greater New Orleans, but to about 200 area women, she's more like a fairy godmother. The women, all military or military ...

One of the oldest debates in military spouse history revolves around what we wear to military balls. On one hand, there are spouses who say that a military ball is a work event that requires a certain ...

The Army has a rule or regulation for everything — not a big surprise there! Many of these rules and traditions are hundreds of years old (there is even a book called Service Etiquette that spouses ...

New Orleans is known for its social events, like Mardi Gras, and preparing for these social events can be stressful, especially for military families who are new to the area. To help ease that stress, ...

This story is provided and presented by our sponsor Pioneer Services, the military division of MidCountry Bank, which has provided financial services to the men and women of the Armed Forces for ...

Grant that gown a new lease on life as the Military Officers' Wives' Club of New Orleans is asking for donations of gently used fashions for Operation Free Ball Gown, an annual gathering of frocks for ...

Fort Hood, Texas — A nice dress for a special event can be expensive. But at a boutique on the Fort Hood Army base, members of the military and their families don't have to worry about the price tag.

STAMFORD -- The evening began with a reception line. Teenage cadets in uniform or floor-length dresses shook hands with senior officers and guests before finding their assigned chairs in the Italian ...