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Is his email address from @us.army.mil? If not, he's not in the military

Have you met him in person? If not, he's not in the military as military personnel stationed in high risk areas like Afghanistan are not allowed to give their full name to anyone they do not personally know and cannot post on social networking sites or dating sites. So if he gave you his full name and rank you know he's a scammer

Does he contact you more than 30 minutes a week? If so, he's not in Afghanistan as soldiers are only allowed to contact friends and family back home for 30 minutes each week while on active duty

Have you had a single Skype chat? If not, he's not in the military because the computers on base at Bagram are all equipped with webcams for soldiers to chat on Skype to friends and family back home

Have you done an IP lookup to verify the emails were sent from Afghanistan? http://aruljohn.com/info/howtofindipaddress/

The IP address is the physical location of the computer sending the email. If he is in Afghanistan the IP address will show up as Afghanistan. If it shows up as anywhere else, then the person is NOT in Afghanistan

That is the name of a reported romance scammer - here are some of the pictures he uses

http://lh5.ggpht.com/-0k0EUaTqnCw/T62laiL9vXI/AAAA...

http://lh4.ggpht.com/-4dUaURsSMiE/T62lOfi5y_I/AAAA...

Here is a report of his other names http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-paid-leave.htm

"Other names to watch for are Sgt. Caden Moran and Col. Alexander Morgan or Jimmy Alexander. I have obviously also been scammed. He has not asked for money yet but my account number on a vocational leave form and my work and income details. Why they would want to know this rang alarm bells for me. "

He also claims to be called Morgan Moran https://www.facebook.com/morgan.moran.568