THE TENSION: Combat Camera: Operation Head Hunter

A U.S. Army soldier, from Comanche Company, 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, from Ft. Lewis, Wash., searches for contraband in a suspected insurgent house during Operation Head Hunter on Sept. 8. The operation, which was conducted by units of the Iraqi army, 4-9 Inf. and other U.S. military units, sought to clear out Tarmiyah, Iraq, of insurgent activity and locate and destroy weapons caches. Photographer: Petty Officer 2nd Class Scott Taylor, Joint Combat Camera Center

A U.S. Army soldier, from Comanche Company, 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, pulls security outside of a suspected insurgent house that was raided as part of Operation Head Hunter on Sept. 8. The operation, which was conducted by units of the Iraqi army, 4-9 Inf. and other U.S. military units, sought to clear out Tarmiyah, Iraq, of insurgent activity and locate and destroy weapons caches. 4-9 Inf. is deployed as part of the 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, from Ft. Lewis, Wash. Photographer: Petty Officer 2nd Class Scott Taylor, Joint Combat Camera Center

A U.S. Army soldier, Comanche Company, 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, pulls security inside of a suspected insurgent house that was raided as part of Operation Head Hunter on Sept. 8. The operation, which was conducted by units of the Iraqi army, 4-9 Inf. and other U.S. military units, sought to clear out Tarmiyah, Iraq, of insurgent activity and locate and destroy weapons caches. Photographer: Petty Officer 2nd Class Scott Taylor, Joint Combat Camera Center

U.S. Army soldiers, from Comanche Company, 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, clear a room that was raided as part of Operation Head Hunter on Sept. 8.The operation, which was conducted by units of the Iraqi army, 4-9 Inf. and other U.S. military units, sought to clear out Tarmiyah, Iraq, of insurgent activity and locate and destroy weapons caches. 4-9 Inf. is deployed as part of the 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, from Ft. Lewis, WA. Photographer: Petty Officer 2nd Class Scott Taylor, Joint Combat Camera Center

A U.S. Army soldier, from Comanche Company, 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, pulls security outside of a suspected insurgent house that was raided as part of Operation Head Hunter on Sept. 8. The operation, which was conducted by units of the Iraqi army, 4-9 Inf. and other U.S. military units, sought to clear out Tarmiyah, Iraq, of insurgent activity and locate and destroy weapons caches. Photographer: Petty Officer 2nd Class Scott Taylor, Joint Combat Camera Center

U.S. Army soldiers, from Comanche Company, 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, make entry into a suspected insurgent house that was raided as part of Operation Head Hunter on Sept. 8. The operation, which was conducted by units of the Iraqi army, 4-9 Inf. and other U.S. military units, sought to clear out Tarmiyah, Iraq, of insurgent activity and locate and destroy weapons caches. Photographer: Petty Officer 2nd Class Scott Taylor, Joint Combat Camera Center