THE TENSION: Combat Camera: Patrolling Mosul, Iraq; Part 3

A U.S. Army soldier attached to the 2nd Division Military Transition Team provides security on three suspected insurgents detained while on a 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.

A Iraqi army soldier from the 2nd Iraqi Army Division breaks down a door while searching for improvised explosive devices, weapons caches and insurgents during 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.

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 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.

U.S. Army soldiers attached to the 2nd Division Military Transition Team patrol with soldiers from the 2nd Iraqi Army Division 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 patrols through 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.

An explosion pushes a cloud of smoke in the sky, the result of the 2nd Division Iraqi Army bomb squad destroying multiple improvised explosive devices found during a neighborhood raid 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.

Related:
Combat Camera: Patrolling Mosul, Iraq; Part 1
Combat Camera: Patrolling Mosul, Iraq; Part 2