THE TENSION: Combat Camera: Troops Conduct Night Mission in Baqubah, Iraq

Staff Sgt. Samuel Duran, 4th Squad leader of 2nd Platoon, Battery C, 2nd Battalion, 12th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, from Fort Lewis, Wash., assists in providing security while crossing a main road in the Tahrir District of Baqubah, Iraq, Nov. 18. Photographer: Spc. John Crosby, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division.

A soldier of Battery C, 2nd Battalion, 12th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, scans for anything out of the ordinary during a night patrol through the streets of the Tahrir District, Baqubah, Iraq, Nov. 18. Photographer: Spc. John Crosby, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division.

Staff Sgt. Samuel Duran, 4th Squad leader of 2nd Platoon, Battery C, 2nd Battalion, 12th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, studies a map with Staff Sgt. Carl Haas, 3rd Squad leader of 3rd Platoon, Company B, 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, during a patrol through the Tahrir District of Baqubah, Iraq, Nov. 18. First Cav. is familiarizing the 4th Stryker Brigade for a handoff of the area of operations. Photographer: Spc. John Crosby, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division.

Spc. Alan Conduit, 4th Platoon medic, Battery C, 2nd Battalion, 12th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, focuses his night vision optic device to scan the area during a security halt on a night patrol through the Tahrir District of Baqubah, Iraq, Nov. 18. Photographer: Spc. John Crosby, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division.

Staff Sgt. Carl Haas, 3rd Squad leader of 3rd Platoon, Company B, 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, documents multiple automatic weapons found during a raid on a night patrol through the Tahrir District of Baqubah, Iraq, Nov. 18. The patrol included the 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, as well as Soldiers of Battery C, 2nd Battalion, 12th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division. Photographer: Spc. John Crosby, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division.

Second Lt. Brandon Hartleben, left, 2nd Platoon leader, Battery C, 2nd Battalion, 12th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, plans the platoon's next move with 1st Lt. Ryan Becka, 3rd Platoon leader, Company B, 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, during a night patrol through the Tahrir District of Baqubah, Iraq, Nov. 18. The two units worked together on this night patrol in order to familiarize Battery C with the area as they take control of the district. Photographer: Spc. John Crosby, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division.