THE TENSION: Combat Camera: Fri 1 Sep. 2006

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Randolph Corvin, with the 741st Ordnance Company (Explosive Ordnance Disposal), Fort Bliss, Texas, diffuses an improvised explosive device at an Afghan border police compound just north of Bari Kowt, Afghanistan, near the Pakistan border, Aug. 26, 2006. Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Army Spc. Bem Minor

U.S. Army soldiers from Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment conduct an area reconnaissance mission in Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 22, 2006. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Martin Anton Edgil

U.S. Army soldiers take cover while coming under small arms fire in a village outside Majidiah, Iraq, during a cordon and search mission for known insurgents, Aug. 13, 2006. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Jackey Bratt

Sgt. Crescencio T. Padilla, a tank commander with A Company, 2nd Tank Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 5, peers through his sights while on post at an entry control point in Fallujah, Iraq, Aug. 8, 2006. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. Mark Oliva