A Letter from Iraq: Sgt. Athena Petrin

Funeral services for 22-year-old Army Specialist Matthew Stanley are scheduled to be held today in Wolfeboro.

A roadside bomb killed Stanley and two other Americans while on patrol in Baghdad on December 16th.

Stanley was a member of the Armored Cavalry based in Fort Hood, Texas.

Family members said it was his second tour of duty in Iraq.

While December is going down as one of the most deadly months of the war in Iraq, not all US soldiers there are witnessing the destruction.

The men and women with the 36-43rd Company of the New Hampshire National Guard stationed in Baghdad report feeling relatively safe.

Athena Petrin is the Company's Assistant Supply Sergeant.

In our weekly series of interviews with members of the 36-43rd, Sergeant Petrin spoke with NHPR's Mark Bevis