THE TENSION: Combat Camera: Constructing a Battle Position

Soldiers from Company F, 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) from Fort Drum, N.Y., begin moving barriers into place to construct an observation tower at a new battle position near Quarghulli Village, Iraq. The battle position is being constructed to interdict the flow of al-Qaida personnel and weapons into Baghdad. Photographer: Sgt. Tierney Nowland, Joint Combat Camera Center

A Soldier from Company F, 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) from Fort Drum, N.Y., begins moving concrete foundations into place to construct an observation tower at a new battle position near Quarghulli Village, Iraq. The battle position is being constructed to interdict the flow of al-Qaida personnel and weapons into Baghdad. Photographer: Sgt. Tierney Nowland, Joint Combat Camera Center

Soldiers from Company F, 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) from Fort Drum, N.Y., began moving a concrete foundation into place to construct an observation tower at a new battle position near Quarghuilli Village, Iraq. The battle position is being constructed to interdict the flow of al-Qaida personnel and weapons into Baghdad. Photographer: Sgt. Tierney Nowland, Joint Combat Camera Center

Soldiers from Company F, 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) from Fort Drum, N.Y., began moving a section of an observation tower into place near Quarghulli Village, Iraq. The tower and battle position are being constructed to interdict the flow of al-Qaida personnel and weapons into Baghdad. Photographer: Sgt. Tierney Nowland, Joint Combat Camera Center