At times the BBC get it in the neck for their journalism, sometimes completely unwarranted.
This article does a great job of making a situation human and, even if only in a small way, helping us understand the challenge of being a soldier facing some of the deployments that occur.
It also, in my opinion, challenges the value of such actions.
Check it out for yourself.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/Iraq_legacy_of_war