THE TENSION: Combat Camera: Patrolling the Streets of Mosul, Iraq

U.S. Army soldiers attached to the 2nd Division Military Transition Team, patrol with Soldiers from the 2nd Iraqi Army Division in the Al Uruba District of Mosul, Iraq, on Nov. 19. The U.S. 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 during a patrol with the 2nd Iraqi Army Division in the Al Uruba District of Mosul, Iraq, on Nov. 19. The U.S. 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 attached to the 2nd Iraqi Army Division inspect the remains of an empty weapons cache hole in the Al Uruba District of Mosul, Iraq, on Nov. 19. 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 the streets of Mosul, Iraq, on Nov. 19. The U.S. 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.