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I don't want to be THAT guy, but i have noticed (with boot camp mind you not the real thing) that Long distance releationships don't work out. You may have feelings for him but he may not in you still. I could tell you of all the stories that i have seen and heard throu the grape vine.

But i honestly wish you the best of luck and that i am wrong about that happeing to you, (Not that i say it is, i am just passing the word on)
Gid bless you both for waiting for each other.

Being a product of a military relationship. I figured I'd rather wait to get serious with anyone until I'm out of the military. After all, it's a lifestyle in it self.

Born in California my father served on the ship Nimitz which is a carrier ship. He was in the Navy for 8 years, and was in college, he was still in a relationship with my mother, and once out of college, married her and had me on that Navy base. So college and a girlfriend and Navy, then married, baby, and Navy. He made it work, I'm sure others can as well. c:

I was supposed to join NROTC but the group I joined(THey don't have it at my school) Was VERY unprofessional in several areas, so we stopped and I return to my own training.(Just regular exercise, and research, not to extensive) I've got a boyfriend of three months, and in great shape, we don't see an end in sight. But have talked about future and when is a good place to cut it off, seeing as he's a civilian, and I won't be.

Hope is to join the Navy, but Army might call me, depending on where my linguistics can be used, or even, my music. Basically anything to help, afterwards I plan on joining the Peace Core if I'm not in a very serious relationship. If I am, though, it's marriage and settling I'll hopefully plan on.

But- main thing is, if your special someone is willing to wait through all that, and you for him/her, then why not give it a go? Military relationships aren't a very good idea at all in my opinion. Get a girl pregnant, or pregnant yourself? You're sure in deep s**t, eh?
If my parents could pull off eight years, you can pull it off as well. There just has to be a mutual agreement, and a promise not to run off on each other. And I hope my relationship will stay running as well, but there's always a conflict for those in the military, atleast a small one, that you're leaving your loved one back on the shore to wait for you. Do you want them to be without your for that long? Do you want them to not have the opportunity to date someone else and see if it works? You want them to be happy, if you love them. It's really a hard choice, thanks for the thread and opportunity to 'vent' a bit!

Also- Peace-love-happines: Which ship are they on? If you'd not want to let this info be public, I understand.

My husband and I started dating in 2007. In Jan 2008 he decided to join the Navy (since he went to rotc and stuff) so we talked about it. I grew up in a military home (dad was a marine) so i knew what kinda stuff we'd have to go thru. By the time he actually left for boot camp, we were engaged. I supported him getting ready to go to boot, i wrote him letters everyday while he was there (that helped a lot), went with his mom to the boot camp graduation, and then when he went to Florida for A-school, he bought us cell phones so we could actually talk. It was hard, but as long as we kept some kind of contact between us things were alright. He got 2 weeks of leave after A-school and came home and we got married. We've been married for a year and 2 months (give or take) and even tho the navys screwed us over plenty of times, we're still happy. I support my husband in everything, and even tho he hasnt been deployed yet, I know we can get thru it. ^_^ Being in the military doesnt mean you have to give up a healthy happy relationship.

Hope my experience and stuff helped someone...^-^