With (Gary) Ross in his military dress uniform, the couple recited their vows right after midnight - the first possible moment after the military’s contentious DADT policy was ended, reports the AP.

Ross and his partner, civilian Dan Swezy, traveled from their home in Tucson, Ariz., so they could get married in Vermont - one of the six states that have legalized same-sex marriage. Vermont was also chosen because it is in the Eastern time zone, and thus was among the first places in the United States where the clock struck midnight.