How do I tell him?

I met this guy back in June. The minute I saw him, I was immediately attracted to him and he was obviously attracted to me too because we are now a couple and have been since just a few days after we met. In the few short months that we have been together, we have gotten pretty close and we joke around a lot, he’s always making me laugh and I just love being with him more than I thought I could. I actually think I’m in love with him. Well, the 2nd time we talked, our first date, which for the most part was hilarious/embarrassing/and just plain wonderful, he lets me in on the little fact that he is a soldier in the army and that he will be leaving for Iraq in October. My question is…how do I let him know how I feel before he goes without scaring him off because of the amount of time we have been together??? I’m crazy about him and I want to wait for him to come home so that we can be together and live happily ever after and I want to tell him this before he leaves because I want to tell him in person and if I dont before he goes, it’ll be another year before I can tell him. I just don’t want him to get scared off because we haven’t been together long. Do you think it’s too early and if you don’t, what is your advice on bringing the whole subject up???