The Daily News has invited Alaska troops serving in the Middle East to write us. Stryker brigade 1st Lt. Mark Brogan, a platoon leader with Fort Wainwright's 2-1 Infantry Regiment, works in and around Mosul and says Iraqi children are among his biggest supporters. We are publishing these dispatches every Monday. Previous installments can be found at www.adn.com.
... Many of the children I speak with know at least some English and are able to communicate with soldiers, always eager to converse and tell them their names. They bombard soldiers, asking questions about where we are from, what is our name, and many other small facts about soldiering. [...]
