How do I properly address an invitation?

egm900

Neither my fiance or I are in the military, but a lot of his friends are, so I thought you ladies could probably help.  We're having a formal wedding, how do I properly address the invitations to his buddies and their wives?  Right now, after doing a lot of internet research that says conflicting things, we currently have:

First Lieutenant John Doe, United States Marine Corps
and Mrs. Jane Doe
Address
Address

Is this correct? 

Beachy730

It's really your choice, but if you're not having a military wedding you do not have to address their invitation with their rank.  Personally I would just address it the same as all of your other invitiations.  Unless you know for sure that they go by their rank on a regular everyday basis.

LetsHikeToday

I agree with beach and I'm going to assume that they probably dont go by their rank on and everyday, regular basis. Beach- its been a while :-) I've missed you

kyrgyzstan

I personally would use their rank, same as I would address an MD by their title. However, that's how you would put them in a program or whatever. To address an invitation to them, I would just put, "Lt. and Mrs. John Smith" or whatever. They know what branch they're in.

lrh17

My quote button seems to have disappeared.  Anyways, I'd go with what the previous poster said.

iluvmytxrgr

I'm going to ditto Stan.  Their rank is their title and should be used to address them on an invitation. 

BinxRose

Threadjack:

lrh17, the "reply to this post" is the new "quote" button! Took me a bit to figure that out.

Irishcurls

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_military-brides_how-do-i-properly-address-an-invitation?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special%20Topic%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:13Discussion:be1be08c-3a26-4692-b248-3216541511bePost:3f1ed8d4-45b9-49d0-8ab4-fa22bd5db5d6">Re: How do I properly address an invitation?</a>:
[QUOTE]Threadjack: lrh17, the "reply to this post" is the new "quote" button! <strong>Took me a bit to figure that out.</strong>
Posted by BinxRose[/QUOTE]
Gah i know!! It's annoying me!! :)

lrh17

In Response to Re:How do I properly address an invitation?:[QUOTE]Threadjack: lrh17, the "reply to this post" is the new "quote" button! Took me a bit to figure that out. Posted by BinxRose[/QUOTE]

Ohhh haha, thanks!