THE TENSION: Combat Camera: Patrolling Mosul, Iraq; Part 1

Iraqi army Brig. Gen. Moutaa Habeeb Jassim, commander of the 2nd Iraqi Army Division, talks with U.S. Army Lt. Col. Hubert Pries from the 2nd Division Military Transition Team during a patrol in Mosul, Iraq, on Dec. 1. The 2nd Iraqi Army Division is tasked with large scale operations to rid the city of Mosul and its surrounding areas of the insurgency. Photographer: Spc. Kieran Cuddihy, Joint Combat Camera Center.

Iraqi army soldiers from the 2nd Iraqi Army Division shoot at an improvised explosive device found while patrolling through a neighborhood in Mosul, Iraq, on Dec. 1. The 2nd Iraqi Army Division is tasked with large scale operations to rid the city of Mosul and its surrounding areas of the insurgency. Photographer: Spc. Kieran Cuddihy, Joint Combat Camera Center.

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Hubert Pries attached to the 2nd Division Military Transition Team peers through a doorway while on a raid in a neighborhood of Mosul, Iraq, on Dec. 1. The Soldiers of the 2nd Division MiTT team work side by side with the Iraqi army, assisting and advising them on the fight against the insurgency. Photographer: Spc. Kieran Cuddihy, Joint Combat Camera Center.

Iraqi army soldiers from the 2nd Iraqi Army Division find an improvised explosive device while on a patrol through a neighborhood in Mosul, Iraq, on Dec. 1. The 2nd Iraqi Army Division is tasked with large scale operations to rid the city of Mosul and its surrounding areas of the insurgency. Photographer: Spc. Kieran Cuddihy, Joint Combat Camera Center.

A U.S. Army soldier attached to the 2nd Division Military Transition Team stands silhouetted against a door frame while on a raid in a neighborhood in Mosul, Iraq, on Dec. 1. The Soldiers of the 2nd Division MiTT team work side by side with the Iraqi army, assisting and advising them on the fight against the insurgency. Photographer: Spc. Kieran Cuddihy, Joint Combat Camera Center.

U.S. Army soldiers attached to the 2nd Division Military Transition Team patrol through a neighborhood in Mosul, Iraq, on Dec. 1. The Soldiers of the 2nd Division MiTT team work side by side with the Iraqi army, assisting and advising them on the fight against the insurgency. Photographer: Spc. Kieran Cuddihy, Joint Combat Camera Center.

U.S. Army Maj. Frank Acosta attached to the 2nd Division Military Transition Team provides security while on a patrol in a neighborhood of Mosul, Iraq, on Dec. 1. The Soldiers of the 2nd Division MiTT team work side by side with the Iraqi army, assisting and advising them on the fight against the insurgency. Photographer: Spc. Kieran Cuddihy, Joint Combat Camera Center.

U.S. Army Maj. Frank Acosta attached to the 2nd Division Military Transition Team talks on his radio while on a patrol in a neighborhood of Mosul, Iraq, on Dec. 1. The Soldiers of the 2nd Division MiTT team work side by side with the Iraqi army, assisting and advising them on the fight against the insurgency. Photographer: Spc. Kieran Cuddihy, Joint Combat Camera Center.

Related:
Combat Camera: Patrolling Mosul, Iraq; Part 2
Combat Camera: Patrolling Mosul, Iraq; Part 3