THE TENSION: Combat Camera: Marines Night Patrol in Al Anbar, Iraq

A U.S. Marine with Charlie Battery, 1st Battalion, 11th Marines, searches an Iraqi civilian on alternate supply route Long Island while conducting a security patrol on Oct. 24. 1st Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, is deployed within the Al Anbar province of Iraq. Photographer: Cpl. Robert Morgan, Joint Combat Camera Center.

U.S. Marines with Charlie Battery, 1st Battalion, 11th Marines, change a flat seven-ton tire on the side of Route Fiesta outside of Camp Taqaddum on Oct. 24. 1st Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment is deployed within the Al Anbar province of Iraq. Photographer: Cpl. Robert Morgan, Joint Combat Camera Center.

A convoy passes on Route Fiesta as Marines of Charlie Battery, 1st Battalion, 11th Marines, change a flat tire on a seven-ton on Oct. 24. 1st Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment is deployed within the Al Anbar province of Iraq. Photographer: Cpl. Robert Morgan, Joint Combat Camera Center.

An Iraqi truck driver shows the contents of a locked box on the side of his truck while Marines of Charlie Battery, 1st Battalion, 11th Marines, conduct a vehicle search while on a security patrol on alternate supply route Long Island on Oct. 24. 1st Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment is deployed within the Al Anbar province of Iraq. Photographer: Cpl. Robert Morgan, Joint Combat Camera Center.

U.S. Marines of Charlie Battery, 1st Battalion, 11th Marines, conduct a vehicle search while on a security patrol of alternate supply route Long Island on Oct. 24. 1st Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, is deployed within the Al Anbar province of Iraq. Photographer: Cpl. Robert Morgan, Joint Combat Camera Center.