Military relationship on break due to post deployment?

Long story short; My boyfriend returned from Afghanastan back in Feb. We decided to take a break (which I never ever dreamed of that ever happening...) He said he needs his space to get himself organized before being in a relationship. i.e: get a full time job, his own place, etc. I understand where he's coming from but sometimes I just wish he would work on that while being with me... Before he returned we were inseparable. We talked about everything and had such a great relationship. I still hang out with him to this day when we get a chance and it makes me feel like the way we were. He still wants to spend his life with me and still loves me. I just get lonely and miss the way things used to be and then I want to be his girlfriend again more than anything. I don't want to act needy towards him even though he says I don't. I tell him all the time that I do want a little more attention from him... He says he tries. I just feel like he doesn't know how to express his emotions anymore like he used to. It breaks my heart everyday. I'm trying to accept the person he's become now but it's hard when I was so used to the person who he was.... Can somebody who knows about these situations please help me?