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help with wording - acknowledging military family member in program booklet

verdesiempre14verdesiempre14
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Hi everyone,

Please forgive my ignorance - I am coming to this board in an effort to learn and be respectful.

My FI's brother will be absent from our wedding due to miilitary service.  I would like to acknowledge him in our program booklet, and want to be very careful to use the correct wording - which is completely unfamiliar to me.

I made a first attempt at the wording, below.  If I've phrased anything incorrectly, could someone please let me know so I can correct it?

Thank you, everyone, for your help.

We thank Joe’s brother, John Doe, for his service to our country.  John is a Chief Warrant Officer, 2nd Class, in the (state) National Guard, and is currently stationed at (xxx) in training for deployment to (xxx).

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  • ggirl2001ggirl2001 member
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    In Response to Re:help with wording acknowledging military family member in program booklet:[QUOTE]Hi everyone,Please forgive my ignorancenbsp; I am coming to this board in an effort to learn and be respectful.My FI's brother will be absent from our wedding due to miilitary service.nbsp; I would like to acknowledge him in our program booklet, and want to be very careful to use the correct wording which is completely unfamiliar to me.I made a first attempt at the wording, below.nbsp; If I've phrased anything incorrectly, could someone please let me know so I can correct it?Thank you, everyone, for your help. We thank Joersquo;s brother, John Doe, for his service to our country.nbsp;nbsp;John is a Chief Warrant Officer, 2nd Class, in thenbsp;state National Guard, and is currently stationed atnbsp;xxx in training for deployment to xxx. Posted by verdesiempre14[/QUOTE]
    I would take out where he is and just say due to military obligations is unable to attend the wedding.
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  • crownsuperstarcrownsuperstar member
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    Agreed with GG!
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  • IrishcurlsIrishcurls member
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    Yeah I wouldn't say where he is. 
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  • iluvmytxrgriluvmytxrgr member
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    I agree with the other ladies.  You don't need to say where he is or where he is going.  
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  • calindicalindi member
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    It's really sweet of you to try to acknowledge him.  Why don't you ask him how he'd like to be referenced?  I think it sounds fine, just know that there's a little thing called OPSEC (Operational Security) which means that people with knowledge of military movements (like deployments) typically should keep that information as close to the chest as possible.  So I wouldn't put both where he currently is and where he's pending deployment. 

    May I suggest this wording?

    "We thank the brother of the groom, John Doe, for his service to our country.  John is a Chief Warrant Office, 2nd Class in the ______ National Guard, and due to his military commitment, is unable to attend today.  He is here in our hearts, and will celebrate from afar."

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