Do you video chat with each other regularly, like face time? My son is in Italy his wife lives with me, that's what they do. He's been gone since Jan, he comes back to get her in July.

I am a retired military wife, 29 yrs, and my husband was gone twice for 16 month tours when all we had were ph calls every 2 weeks for 15 minutes. There are ways now to stay in contact daily. You need to do all you can to use them.