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

Cpt. Jeffrey Noll with Company B, 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division talks on the radio during a cordon and search in Rashid, Iraq on May 3. U.S. Army photograph by Sgt. Tierney Nowland.

A soldier with Company B, 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division pulls security in back entrance of a house in Rashid, Iraq during a cordon and search on May 3. U.S. Army photograph by Sgt. Tierney Nowland.

Cpl. Joseph Casiano with Company B, 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division observes the area in Rashid, Iraq during a cordon and search on May 3. U.S. Army photograph by Sgt. Tierney Nowland.

Staff Sgt. Aaron Rodely and other soldiers with Company B, 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division pull security in Rashid, Iraq during a cordon and search on May 3. U.S. Army photograph by Sgt. Tierney Nowland.

Sgt. Joshua Wettlin with Company B, 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division pulls security outside of a house in Rashid, Iraq during a cordon and search while an Iraqi boy observes him on May 3. U.S. Army photograph by Sgt. Tierney Nowland.

Cpt. Jeffrey Noll with Company B, 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division speaks with Iraqis in Rashid, Iraq about activity in their neighborhood during a cordon and search on May 3. U.S. Army photograph by Sgt. Tierney Nowland.

Cpl. Jamal Manley with Company B, 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division observes his surroundings in Rashid, Iraq during a cordon and search on May 3. U.S. Army photograph by Sgt. Tierney Nowland.

Sgt. Joshua Wettlin with Company B, 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division pulls security in Rashid, Iraq during a cordon and search on May 3. U.S. Army photograph by Sgt. Tierney Nowland.

Master Sgt. Coco Gunther with 1st Combat Camera Squadron greets Iraqi children during a cordon and search conducted by soldiers with Company B, 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division in Rashid, Iraq on May 3. U.S. Army photograph by Sgt. Tierney Nowland.

An Iraqi National Policeman pulls security while soldiers with Company B, 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division attempt to break into a garage in Rashid, Iraq during a combined cordon and search on May 3. U.S. Army photograph by Sgt. Tierney Nowland.

Cpt. Jeffrey Noll and an interpreter with Company B, 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division speak with Iraqi boys about activity in their neighborhood in Rashid, Iraq during a cordon and search on May 3. U.S. Army photograph by Sgt. Tierney Nowland.