How did you keep a marriage (or relationship) alive while serving?

To start, I am getting married this fall.

What I would like to ask is how other service members have dealt with marriage and their career in the service. My wife to be is a Nurse and works for a respected local hospital, she is also the primary bread winner for the family at this point in time. My benefits and great loan rates are of course a benefit to our household and help us tremendously (and more once she is my dependent).

However, this also brings up the uglier issues of marriage. My unit recently received a notification of sourcing for next summer, and while not a guarantee of deployment this has made the wife to be upset as I would be leaving six months into our new marriage. Thankfully the mission is mostly in a support role and based in Kuwait, so danger is much less on our minds.

Please share your own marriage stories and how you have dealt with them. All advice is appreciated. Thanks!