THE TENSION: Combat Camera: 82nd Airborne Patrols Bayji, Iraq

U.S. Army paratroopers from 2nd platoon, Company C, 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, patrol the streets of Bayji, Iraq, Sept. 18, 2006. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Joshua R. Ford

U.S. Army Capt. Tim Peterman, commander of Company C, 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, hands a football to an Iraqi man during a foot patrol in Bayji, Iraq, Sept. 18, 2006. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Joshua R. Ford

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Roman S. Olesnyckyj, 3rd Platoon leader of Company C, 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, patrols the streets of Bayji, Iraq, Sept. 16, 2006. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Joshua R. Ford

U.S. Army Capt. Tim Peterman, commander of Company C, 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, greets children during a dismounted patrol in Bayji, Iraq, Sept. 16, 2006. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Joshua R. Ford

U.S. Army Capt. Tim Peterman, commander of Company C, 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, holds an Iraqi child after discussing neighborhood security issues with the child’s father Sept. 16, 2006, in Bayji, Iraq. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Joshua R. Ford

U.S. Army Capt. Tim Peterman, commander of Company C, 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, hands out soccer balls during a dismounted patrol in Bayji, Iraq, Sept. 18, 2006. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Joshua R. Ford

U.S. Army Spc. Jaymes Skillman, infantryman of 3rd platoon, Company C, 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, observes two children riding their bicycles during a dismounted patrol in downtown Bayji, Iraq, Sept. 16, 2006. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Joshua R. Ford

U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Micheal Green, with Company C, 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, is followed by Iraqi children while patrolling the streets of Bayji, Iraq, Sept. 16, 2006. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Joshua R. Ford