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 ...

Military balls are fun nights out with your spouse. Unfortunately, between dresses, shoes and accessories, one night of fun can be costly. But it doesn’t have to be. Before hitting the department ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

OCEANSIDE — Two volunteer groups are hoping to lift the spiritsof military wives whose husbands are in Iraq, by raising funds fora November ball and helping the women get dresses for theevent. “We ...

When Marlis Porter Fyke, daughter of a Vietnam War fighter pilot, got married, she had no problem affording a wedding dress. But many others struggle with sticker shock, Fyke says. Gowns from ...