What is LDR?
Long Distance Relationship — extremely common in military life due to deployments and PCS moves.
Definition
Long Distance Relationships are a near-universal experience in military life. Deployments, PCS moves that separate couples who can't live together, TDY assignments, training schools, and unaccompanied tours all create sustained geographic separation. The military LDR has its own particular texture: communication blackouts, time zone chaos, homecomings that are both wonderful and disorienting, and the constant recalibration of a relationship across months and miles.
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