My name is Jenny. I'm a soldier currently serving in Iraq. I am writing because out here it gets very boring and we are all very lonely.

I was wondering if you could put this letter in your paper for me and the guys I work with.

Start with me. I'm a 20-year-old gay female from the Brighton area. I enjoy sports, especially football, skiing and sailing. I love going out to pubs, clubs and socialising with others. I'm looking for people to write to and maybe meet up with when I come back. It will also help time pass more quickly here.

My name is Kenny. I'm 19. I enjoy going out clubbing, playing football, boxing and getting drunk. I'm looking for people to write to as life is really hard out here and it would be nice to receive letters to take my mind off this place. Any girls that want a hunk, I'm their man.

My name is Liam. I'm 19. I don't get much mail so, if people do write, it would make my days worthwhile out here. I'm a happy-go-lucky kind of bloke who enjoys most things. Please write, as I have only had two letters since I have been here and I'm really lonely.

That's just three of us - there are lots more of us here.

-Jenny Kember, Kenny Houghton and Liam Ayres, Radio Det, 13 CT Sqn, 8 LSR, SLB, BFPO 645