Hey, in regards to serving overseas and needing Apple support, I would call them directly. My first MBP was totally defective and would KP all the time. Apple doesnt ship to APO addresses and they were reluctant to sending me a replacement. Luckily i came back to the states, they saw my problem and replaced it with a new one. I am on my 2nd one right now and everything is good except for the 1/4" - 1/2" horizontal line at the bottom of my screen. Honestly, i have learned to live with it and it doesnt bother me anymore.
I did call apple a bunch of times trying to talk to diferent people, but because i live overseas and because I was out of my 30 day mark, they would not replace it.
Honestly, apple doesnt make an exception for troops living and serving overseas...atleast not anybody i spoke with over the phone. I would call so they can make note and hopefully give you a confirmation # that way when you do come back to the states they will be kind and either fix or replace it free of charge.
hope this helps.
