THE TENSION: Combat Camera: Patrol Base Whiskey-1

Pvt. Shaun M. Seaman (left) and Sgt. Alejandro Flores, Soldiers of Bravo Battery, 1st Battalion, 9th Field Artillery, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga., key an EMBITR radio for secure communications on Patrol Base Whiskey-1, outside of Forward Operating Base Mahmudiyah, located in the southern sector of Baghdad, July 17. Photographer: Master Sgt. Jonathan Doti, Joint Combat Camera Center

Capt. John Underwood (right), commander of Bravo Battery, 1st Battalion, 9th Field Artillery, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga., shares a traditional meal with his Iraqi counterpart on Patrol Base Whiskey-1, outside of Forward Operating Base Mahmudiyah, located in the southern sector of Baghdad, July 17. Photographer: Master Sgt. Jonathan Doti, Joint Combat Camera Center

An Iraqi army soldier cleans up his sleeping area on Patrol Base Whiskey-1, outside of Forward Operating Base Mahmudiyah, located in the southern sector of Baghdad, July 17. Photographer: Master Sgt. Jonathan Doti, Joint Combat Camera Center

Capt. John Underwood (left), commander of Bravo Battery, 1st Battalion, 9th Field Artillery, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga., conducts a tactical briefing on Patrol Base Whiskey-1, outside of Forward Operating Base Mahmudiyah, located in the southern sector of Baghdad, July 17. Photographer: Master Sgt. Jonathan Doti, Joint Combat Camera Center

U.S. Army Bravo Battery, 1st Battalion, 9th Field Artillery, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga., conducts a briefing for their Iraqi army counterparts on Patrol Base Whiskey-1, outside of Forward Operating Base Mahmudiyah, located in the southern sector of Baghdad, July 17. Photographer: Master Sgt. Jonathan Doti, Joint Combat Camera Center

U.S. Army Col. Terry R. Ferrel conducts a briefing on Patrol Base Whiskey-1, outside of Forward Operating Base Mahmudiyah, located in the southern sector of Baghdad, July 17. Photographer: Master Sgt. Jonathan Doti, Joint Combat Camera Center

Retired Marine Command Sgt. Maj. Alfred McMichael visits Patrol Base Whiskey-1, outside of Forward Operating Base Mahmudiyah, located in the southern sector of Baghdad, July 17. Photographer: Master Sgt. Jonathan Doti, Joint Combat Camera Center

Retired Marine Command Sgt. Maj. Alfred McMichael visits U.S. Soldiers on Patrol Base Whiskey-1, outside of Forward Operating Base Mahmudiyah, located in the southern sector of Baghdad, July 17. Photographer: Master Sgt. Jonathan Doti, Joint Combat Camera Center

Capt. John Underwood, commander of Bravo Battery, 1st Battalion, 9th Field Artillery, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga., speaks with Iraqis and members of a U.S. fact-finding mission on the effectiveness of recent troop level surges on Patrol Base Whiskey-1, outside of Forward Operating Base Mahmudiyah, located in the southern sector of Baghdad, July 17. Photographer: Master Sgt. Jonathan Doti, Joint Combat Camera Center

U.S. Command Sgt. Maj. Norman G. Corbett bids farewell to retired Marine Command Sgt. Maj.Alfred McMichael on Patrol base Whiskey-1, outside of Forward Operating Base Mahmudiyah, located in the southern sector of Baghdad, July 17. Photographer: Master Sgt. Jonathan Doti, Joint Combat Camera Center