Your USNA Dream Wedding Awaits
Find Magic at the Yard
From its grand Beaux-Arts architecture and sweeping walkways to the salt-kissed air and deep sense of history, it’s a place that inspires pride, purpose, and new beginnings. It’s no wonder so many couples choose to begin their forever here—where tradition meets timeless romance.
Your Ever After Begins Here
Your Naval Academy wedding team and wedding caterers are ready to make your vision come to life, whether you say “I do” beneath the soaring arches of one of our breathtaking chapels or celebrate at the elegant Naval Academy Club—or one of the many other stunning venues on ground.
A Marriage With Meaning
And as you begin your new chapter together, your celebration helps light the way for the midshipmen of today and the leaders of tomorrow, by funding their future. Not only is this place special for its setting, but also for its meaning. You can celebrate and Dine with a Purpose. Welcome to a place where love, legacy, and purpose become one. Congratulations!
Policies
NABSD, a non-appropriated funded instrumentality, takes on responsibilities for scheduling, conducting the rehearsal, day of Chapel coordination, vehicle access facilitating, and other necessary event-related actions. Review current chapel eligibility guidelines here.
- Weddings in the Brigade of Midshipmen Chapel are scheduled up to one year in advance.
- A $1,200 fee is assessed by NABSD for the services rendered during weddings.
- Use of the Chapel is limited to Naval Academy alumni, military staff and faculty, active-duty military assigned to Naval Support Activity Annapolis, and active-duty military in the Chapel’s immediate vicinity who regularly attend services.
- Couples must have completed pre-marital counseling before getting married in the Chapel.
- Detailed information on the Roman Catholic Sacrament of Marriage can be found on provided links.
- Questions about ceremonial swords, wear, and sword arches can be addressed by referencing Marine Corps Order 5060.20, The Marine Corps Drill and Ceremonies Manual. Chapter 5, the Sword Manual, provides useful information for Naval Officers and NCOs as they plan their weddings.
Eligible brides and grooms (U.S. Naval Academy alumnus, military staff, faculty member, or local active duty military member)