THE TENSION: Combat Camera: Soldiers Operate Outside Hawijah

U.S. Army Soldiers from Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, get into position to pull security outside of a village near Hawijah, Iraq, Sept. 6. Photographer: Staff Sgt. Dallas Edwards, Joint Combat Camera Center

An Iraqi army soldier searches buildings for hidden weapons in a village near Hawijah, Iraq, Sept. 6. Photographer: Staff Sgt. Dallas Edwards, Joint Combat Camera Center

U.S. Army Spc. David Branton, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, walks away from a home he searched in a village near Hawijah, Iraq, Sept. 6. Photographer: Staff Sgt. Dallas Edwards, Joint Combat Camera Center

Iraqi army soldiers patrol a street in a village near Hawijah, Iraq, Sept. 6. Photographer: Staff Sgt. Dallas Edwards, Joint Combat Camera Center

Iraqi men wait to be entered into a Handheld Inter-agency Identity Detection Equipment (HIIDE) system, which will gather identification information on the men in a village near Hawijah, Iraq, Sept. 6. Photographer: Staff Sgt. Dallas Edwards, Joint Combat Camera Center

U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Edward Park, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, checks a list of villagers names against a list of wanted individuals in a village near Hawijah, Iraq, Sept. 6. Photographer: Staff Sgt. Dallas Edwards, Joint Combat Camera Center

U.S. Army Pfc. Pete Danielson, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, hands out food to Iraqis who are waiting to be processed into a Handheld Inter-agency Identity Detection Equipment (HIIDE) system in a village near Hawijah, Iraq, Sept. 6. Photographer: Staff Sgt. Dallas Edwards, Joint Combat Camera Center

U.S. Army Pfc. Pete Danielson, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, passes out information pamphlets to Iraqis in a village near Hawijah, Iraq, Sept. 6. Photographer: Staff Sgt. Dallas Edwards, Joint Combat Camera Center

An Iraqi man talks to U.S. Army Capt. Charles Romero, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, with the assistance of an interpreter in a village near Hawijah, Iraq, Sept. 6. Photographer: Staff Sgt. Dallas Edwards, Joint Combat Camera Center