THE TENSION: Combat Camera: Cordon and Search in Ameriyah, Iraq

Sgt. Tierney Nowland teaches the Macarena dance with an Iraqi soldier of 2nd Battalion, 1st Brigade during a break with Soldiers from Company A, 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division out of Fort Lewis, Wash., on a cordon and search mission in Ameriyah, Iraq, May 16. Nowland is combat camera with the 982nd Signal Company, Wilson, N.C. Photographer: Spc. Elisha Dawkins, Joint Combat Camera Center

Sgt. Tierney Nowland takes a break with an Iraqi army soldier with 2nd Battalion, 1st Brigade on a cordon and search mission with Soldiers from Company A, 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division out of Fort Lewis, Wash., in Ameriyah, Iraq, May 16. Nowland is with the 982nd Signal Company, Wilson, N.C. Photographer: Spc. Elisha Dawkins, Joint Combat Camera Center

Sgt. Gerald Stallings provides security for his squad during a cordon and search mission in Ameriyah, Iraq, May 16. Stallings is with Company A, 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash. Photographer: Spc. Elisha Dawkins, Joint Combat Camera Center

Soldiers with Company A, 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash., run to their next objective during a cordon and search mission in Ameriyah, Iraq, May 16. Photographer: Spc. Elisha Dawkins, Joint Combat Camera Center

Army 1st Lt. Zane Galvach leads troops on a cordon and search mission in Ameriyah, Iraq, May 16. Galvach is a platoon leader with Company A, 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash. Photographer: Spc. Elisha Dawkins, Joint Combat Camera Center

Soldiers with Company A, 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash., gather information from an Iraqi man on a cordon and search mission in Ameriyah, Iraq, May 16. Photographer: Spc. Elisha Dawkins, Joint Combat Camera Center

U.S. Army Spc. Jason Johnson provides security on a cordon and search mission in Ameriyah, Iraq, May 16. Spc. Johnson is a combat medic with Company A, 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash. Photographer: Spc. Elisha Dawkins, Joint Combat Camera Center

Spc. A.J. Jackson monitors a roof top on a cordon and search mission in Ameriyah, Iraq, May 16. Spc. Jackson is a soldier with Company A, 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash. Photographer: Spc. Elisha Dawkins, Joint Combat Camera Center

Soldiers with Company A, 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash., move to a roof top of a house on a cordon and search mission in Ameriyah, Iraq, May 16. Photographer: Spc. Elisha Dawkins, Joint Combat Camera Center

Spc. A.J. Jackson clears a roof top on a cordon and search mission in Ameriyah, Iraq, May 16. Spc. Jackson is a soldier with Company A, 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash. Photographer: Spc. Elisha Dawkins, Joint Combat Camera Center

Soldiers with Company A, 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash., move out on a cordon and search mission in Ameriyah, Iraq, May 16. Photographer: Spc. Elisha Dawkins, Joint Combat Camera Center

An Iraqi man speaks to Soldiers from Company A, 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team through a translater during a cordon and search in Ameriyah, Iraq, May 16. Photographer: Sgt. Tierney Nowland, Joint Combat Camera Center

A U.S. Army Soldier from Company A, 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team pulls gaurd in Ameriyah, Iraq, during a cordon and search mission on May 16. Photographer: Sgt. Tierney Nowland, Joint Combat Camera Center