You know you're dealing with a deployment when...

* You get nervous every time you hear the phone ring or a knock at the door

* You sleep with your cell phone on your pillow.

* The postal clerk knows you by name.

* You buy beef jerky every time you go to the grocery store.

* You check your email every 5 minutes, even in the middle of the night.

* You have enough priority boxes, packing tape and customs forms for his entire unit.

* You have a ton of friends with deployed soldiers you've never actually met because they're all online.