Thank you for your service! :)
I can imagine that the stargazing is wonderful there. The best I've encountered myself was in Yosemite ... unbelieveable number of stars ... I stayed outside until my teeth were chattering so hard it was causing my vision to blur ;-)
We also have sights, like this one:
I took this on the night of 04 DEC 05, just after twilight. When the sun goes down here, there's a VERY short twilight.