THE TENSION: Combat Camera: All in a Day’s Work in Iraq

Spc. John Pierre Figueroa and Staff Sgt. David Springer, infantrymen with Company B, 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, stand ready to return fire after a brief firefight with insurgents southwest of Arab Jabour Jan. 6. Photographer: Sgt. Luis Delgadillo, Multi-National Division-Cental.

Soldiers of Company B, 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, march toward their objective during Operation Mauser southwest of Patrol Base Hawkes Jan. 6. The operation will re-familiarize the Soldiers with an area of southern Arab Jabour where residents still fear al-Qaida. Photographer: Sgt. Luis Delgadillo, Multi-National Division-Cental.

Soldiers of Company B, 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment take cover and return fire during a firefight with insurgents, southwest of Arab Jabour Jan. 6. Photographer: Sgt. Luis Delgadillo, Multi-National Division-Cental.

A pressure plate improvised explosive device, found by soldiers of Company B, 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment as they attempt to maneuver to cut off the enemy’s escape route, is destroyed by an explosive ordnance disposal team southwest of Arab Jabour Jan. 6. Photographer: Sgt. Luis Delgadillo, Multi-National Division-Cental.