THE TENSION: Combat Camera: Thu 17 Aug. 2006

VEHICLE CHECKPOINT

U.S. Army soldiers from the 6th Infantry Regiment, attached to the 1st Armored Division, search an Iraqi man’s vehicle at a traffic control point on Alternate Supply Route Michigan in Tameem, Iraq, Aug. 7, 2006. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock

An Iraqi army soldier asks U.S. Army Sgt. Jose Lanzarin for help with his vehicle search at a traffic control point on Alternate Supply Route Michigan in Tameem, Iraq, Aug. 7, 2006. Lanzarin is from the 6th Infantry Regiment, attached to the 1st Armored Division. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock

U.S. Army soldiers search Iraqi men at a traffic control point in Tameem, Ramadi, Iraq, Aug. 7, 2006. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock

U.S. Army Cpl. Jammy Randell, center, and Staff Sgt. Shawn Re', left, look through an Iraqi man's address book with the help of an interpreter at a traffic control point in Tameem, Ramadi, Iraq, Aug 7, 2006. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Shawn Re', right, and his interpreter speak with Iraqi men at a traffic control point in Tameem, Ramadi, Iraq, Aug 7, 2006. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock

A U.S. Army soldier from the 6th Infantry Regiment, attached to the 1st Armored Division, conducts a security search of a man at a traffic control point in Tameem, Ramadi, Iraq, Aug 7, 2006. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock

U.S. Army Sgt. Jose Lanzarin conducts a patrol in Tameem, Ramadi, Iraq, Aug. 7, 2006. The soldiers are from the 6th Infantry Regiment, attached to the 1st Armored Division. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jeremy T. Lock