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

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Michael Griffing of 2nd Platoon Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, pulls security on the open door of an alleged abandoned house while the courtyard and exterior of the house is being searched to ensure it is not rigged to explode in Muqdadiyah on Jan. 3. (U.S. Army photo/Spc. LaRayne Hurd)

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Michael Griffing of 2nd Platoon Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division scans the streets of Muqdadiyah for enemy activity during a patrol on Jan. 3. (U.S. Army photo/Spc. LaRayne Hurd)

U.S. Army Spc. Daniel Rodriguez, 2nd Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, walks a small canal on the streets of Muqdadiyah to check for wires during a patrol on Jan. 3. (U.S. Army photo/Spc. LaRayne Hurd)

A soldier walks along a small canal on the streets of Muqdadiyah to check for wires during a patrol on Jan. 3. (U.S. Army photo/Spc. LaRayne Hurd)

U.S. Army Sgt. John Newton and Spc. Daniel Rodriguez of 2nd Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, walk along a small canal on the streets of Muqdadiyah to check for wires during a patrol on Jan. 3. (U.S. Army photo/Spc. LaRayne Hurd)

U.S. Army Spc. Daniel Rodriguez of 2nd Platoon Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, pulls security while halted on a patrol through the streets of Muqdadiyah on Jan. 3. (U.S. Army photo/Spc. LaRayne Hurd)