THE TENSION: Combat Camera: Charlie Company on Patrol

Charlie Company on Patrol; Pfc. Young is ready for the mission -- and the cold weather. Photo by Air Force Master Sgt. Mike Buytas January 24, 2007

Charlie Company on Patrol; The Soldiers prepare for the mission, going over all the details one last time. Photo by Air Force Master Sgt. Mike Buytas January 24, 2007

Charlie Company on Patrol; The Soldiers drive their Humvees to the area they will patrol. Photo by Air Force Master Sgt. Mike Buytas January 24, 2007

Charlie Company on Patrol; Iraqi police provide security during the cordon and search mission. Photo by Air Force Master Sgt. Mike Buytas January 24, 2007

Charlie Company on Patrol; A Soldier uses a power saw to cut the locks off the door of a building suspected of containing a weapons cache. Photo by Air Force Master Sgt. Mike Buytas January 24, 2007

Charlie Company on Patrol; Success! The Soldiers discover a sizeable weapons cache, which includes artillery rounds. Photo by Air Force Master Sgt. Mike Buytas January 24, 2007

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Carlos Santillana listens to a mission brief inside an M2A2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle in Baqubah, Iraq, Jan. 23, 2007. Santillana is assigned to Alpha Company, 1st Cavalry Division, 12th Infantry Regiment. DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Stacy L. Pearsall, U.S. Air Force. (Released)

A U.S. Army soldier from the 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment relays information to other members of his unit through his radio during an operation to neutralize insurgents in Balad, Iraq, on Jan. 7, 2007. DoD photo by Staff Sgt. DeNoris A. Mickle, U.S. Air Force. (Released)

Lt. Col. Tariq, right, executive officer of the 2nd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 5th Iraqi Army Division, and U.S. Army Lt. Col. Jay George, center, inspect a building in Baqubah, Iraq, Jan. 22, 2007, after Iraqi soldiers recaptured it from insurgents. DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Stacy L. Pearsall, U.S. Air Force. (Released)

U.S. Army Soldiers from 1st Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 10th Mountain Division and a U.S. Air Force Airman from Combined Explosives Exploitation Cell carry unexploded ordnance to a staging area in Afghanistan Jan. 17, 2007, for destruction. The ordnance was discovered in a weapons cache in the nearby village of Mandikowl. DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Michael L. Casteel, U.S. Army. (Released)

U.S. Army Sgt. Lavan Dawson cuts zip ties from a detainee's hands while releasing him at a bus terminal in Baghdad, Iraq, Jan. 20, 2007. Dawson is a military policeman with the 57th Military Police Company. DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Sean A. Foley, U.S. Army. (Released)