A Letter from Iraq: Staff Sgt. Scot Austin

As debate boils in Washington over the Bush Administration's policy in Iraq, the men and women of the 36-43 Company of the New Hampshire National Guard are coming up on nearly six months of their deployment.

They've been guarding a detention center in Baghdad.

And while some soldiers may find it comforting not to have to face bombs and sniper fire, not all of them are happy with this mission inside the safety of a large US Base.

In our weekly series of Letters from Iraq, NHPR's Mark Bevis spoke with Staff Sergeant Scot Austin.