[Joeaksa]

Originally Posted by Seahawk

My wife and I have done two one year rotations...we were married a month before I shipped out for the first PGW.

A few tips:

Write each other, a lot. Little things mean the most. Write, Angela, all the silly, vapid details become important. Tell him you love him every day.

You will both be different as the year goes by, not better or worse, just different.

Pictures. Take them, send them.

If you can, go see him...find a place you both have wanted to visit, meet him there. Coming home in the middle of a tour is hard. It seems like a good idea, but it isn't.

I don't know you, but I think you are uniquely qualified to make this work.

My best to you and Steve.

All of the above but make sure that he has computer access (buy a laptop if needed) and get on skype with the video phone. You can talk every day or two and see each other and that helps.

Tell him NOT to go off base, period. I know its fun to play around (did when I was there but it was a few years ago and not as "sporty" as it is now) but they in most cases do not want us there.

Also believe its 330 days a year out of the country and his earnings are tax free. Keep an eye on that. Any other questions email or PM me directly. May still have one friend still on Bagram...

Joe A