THE TENSION: Combat Camera: Operation Police Victory in Hit, Iraq

Iraqi Army Brig. Gen. Hamid Ibrahim Jazaa, the Hit-district police chief, accompanied by the city's mayor, and Army Lt. Col. Douglas C. Crissman, the commanding officer of Task Force 2-7, walk through the downtown area following Operation Police Victory in Hit, Iraq, Feb. 26, 2007. The operation was both conceived and executed by the Iraqi Police themselves. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Adam Johnston

Iraqi Army Brig. Gen. Hamid Ibrahim Jazaa, the Hit-district police chief, speaks to one of the local citizens during his walk through at the market in Hit, Iraq, Feb. 26, 2007. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Adam Johnston

The Hai Al Jamea police station was permanently relocated to this all-but-abandoned school during Operation Police Victory, in Hit, Iraq, Feb. 26, 2007. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Adam Johnston

Documents and a ledger that the Iraqi Police Army use are shown during Operation Police Victory in Hit, Iraq, Feb. 26, 2007. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Adam Johnston

Jamal Sakin, an Iraqi Policeman assigned to the Hit district, prepares for a convoy into the city for a routine patrol in Hit, Iraq, Feb. 26, 2007. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Adam Johnston

Iraqi Policemen and U.S. Army soldiers assigned to Task Force 2-7, which is based out of Fort Stewart, Ga., work together to fill sandbags and fortify one of Hit-district's new Iraqi police stations, Feb. 26, 2007. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Adam Johnston

U.S. Army soldiers assisgned to Task Force 2-7, which is based out of Fort Steward, Ga., work with Iraqi policemen to establish tactical checkpoints throughout Hit, Iraq, Feb. 26, 2007. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Adam Johnston

U.S. Army Pfc. John C. Walker, a cavalry scout assigned to Task Force 2-7, helps to construct tactical checkpoints throughout the city using concertina wire and metal stakes in Hit, Iraq, Feb. 26, 2007. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Adam Johnston