The Dover Officers' Spouses' Club (DOSC) is a non-profit organization dedicated to serving Dover Air Force Base families, base organizations and the local community, while providing officers' spouses opportunities to meet, socialize and network with their peers.

The history of officers' spouses' clubs began as early as the 1700s, during the American Revolutionary War.  Since then, military wives (and now husbands) have offered support to military members.  In their book, The Air Force Wife Handbook: A Complete Social Guide, Ann Crossley and Carol A. Keller recount the role played by Martha Washington like this:

She arrived in a carriage, well stocked with provisions for her husband and his men.  Once there, she dispensed the food and medicines and gathered daily with the other officers' wives to knit, sew, visit with and tend the sick.  She also gave small dinners and held open house twice a week for her husband's officers.

Like other officers' spouses' clubs on U.S. military bases around the world, the Dover OSC works hard to keep alive the traditions established by women like Martha Washington, while adjusting to meet the ever-changing needs of our members and community.