I've always been against long distance relationships my self. But my wife (girlfriend at the time) convinced me to give it a try while deployed to Iraq and afghanistan. I was gone 9 months out of our first year together and we have always been great. I guess it just depends on how you two feel about each other. They always say good things are worth waiting for so I'm not going to knock the long distance stuff. Trust is huge tho, and being away from each other makes it even harder.
Best of luck to the both of you
