THE TENSION: Combat Camera: Blown Up House, Desert Patrol in Iraq

A U.S. Army soldier, attached to the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, patrols an area of the desert just outside the city of Mosul, Iraq, on Dec. 25. Photographer: Spc. Kieran Cuddihy, Joint Combat Camera Center.

U.S. Army soldiers, attached to the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, find containers of acid while on a patrol through an area of the desert just outside the city of Mosul, Iraq, on Dec. 25. Photographer: Spc. Kieran Cuddihy, Joint Combat Camera Center.

A U.S. Army soldier, attached to the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, crawls over the debris from a blown up house in Mosul, Iraq, on Dec. 25. Their mission is to investigate the house destroyed by a bomb earlier that day. Photographer: Spc. Kieran Cuddihy, Joint Combat Camera Center.

Iraqi army soldiers, from the 2nd Iraqi Army Division, kick down a door to search a house in Mosul, Iraq, on Dec. 25. Photographer: Spc. Kieran Cuddihy, Joint Combat Camera Center.

An Iraqi army soldier, from the 2nd Iraqi Army Division, searches a house in Mosul, Iraq, Dec. 25. Photographer: Spc. Kieran Cuddihy, Joint Combat Camera Center.

Iraqi army soldiers, from the 2nd Iraqi Army Division, walk amongst the debris from a blown up house in Mosul, Iraq, on Dec. 25. Their mission is to investigate the house destroyed by a bomb earlier that day. Photographer: Spc. Kieran Cuddihy, Joint Combat Camera Center.

U.S. Army soldiers, attached to the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, stand amongst the debris from a blown up house in Mosul, Iraq, on Dec. 25. Their mission is to investigate the house destroyed by a bomb earlier that day. Photographer: Spc. Kieran Cuddihy, Joint Combat Camera Center.

A U.S. Army soldier, attached to the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, provides security on a rooftop in Mosul, Iraq, Dec. 25. The team's mission is to investigate a house destroyed by a bomb earlier that day. Photographer: Spc. Kieran Cuddihy, Joint Combat Camera Center.