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Well, I have been reading this board for a few weeks and finally came across a thread I could add something too. I met this girl the second day of a deployment (she was on vacation). I spent as much time with her as possible and after 30 days, I had to leave. We carried on a long distance relationship for 3 years. That included 3 duty stations, her going to college, her parents moving once she graduated, and more deployments for me. We saw eachother probably 3 times a year for a total of 4 months out of 12. We got married last year.
As stated in previous posts, communication is definately one of the keys, but trust is the one thing you need to have. We talked everyday, maybe just to update eachother on what was going on and what we were going to be doing, but we talked. This wasn't always easy with 12 hour time differences and not always being near phones. Your situation doesn't sound as extreme, but if you both believe in what you have, talk about it and trust eachother; it can work.
I ran across more people telling me I was wasting time, and she was definately screwing around on me and so on, than I care to count.
I am still in the military and having been through this already, the deployments aren't as scary for her as they are for others.
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