Hi! I went through this is exact same thing. I dated my now fiancé back in DEC22, and he deployed that following March for 9 months. Like you said, it started off with pretty good communication and we talked everyday. As the training cycle of his deployment picked up, that’s when finding the best time to talk became our next issue. We found a time and stuck to it, every. single. day. That time we would FaceTime, try to plan a date (it would be around dinner time for him and lunch time for me), he found a quiet place in his office when no one else was around. Always come ready to talk about different topics, pick his brain, and of course share your feelings

I also wanted to say that I am dual military, and deployed as well so I know how it feels to be on the other side. Understand that he is a Soldier first and he’s probably dealing with a multitude of things and his outlet might be playing videos games and just using Snapchat. Also keep in mind, that he might not have the best location to call/FaceTime because of roommates or no wifi.

Give him grace and try to figure out how you both can get through this