THE TENSION: Combat Camera: Soldiering in the Snow Covered Mountains of Afghanistan

Afghan national policeman makes a snowball at Forward Operating Base Michigan in Kunar province Afghanistan, Jan. 10. Roughly six inches of snow fell during the night. Photographer: Sgt. Brandon Aird, Combined Joint Task Force - 82 PAO.

A paratrooper from 2nd Platoon, Able Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment (Airborne), walks next to a creek during a patrol to Omar in Kunar province Afghanistan, Jan. 11. Photographer: Sgt. Brandon Aird, Combined Joint Task Force - 82 PAO.

A paratrooper from 2nd Platoon, Able Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment (Airborne), navigates a steep incline during a patrol to Omar in Kunar province Afghanistan, Jan. 11. Photographer: Sgt. Brandon Aird, Combined Joint Task Force - 82 PAO.

1st Lt. Kareem F. Hernandez, a New York resident and also 2nd Platoon Leader in Able Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment (Airborne), talks on the radio while village elders and a Afghan national policeman walk down the mountain during a patrol to Omar in Kunar province Afghanistan, Jan. 11. Photographer: Sgt. Brandon Aird, Combined Joint Task Force - 82 PAO.

Paratroopers from 2nd Platoon, Able Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment (Airborne), walk in the snow during a patrol to Omar in Kunar province Afghanistan, Jan. 11. 2nd Platoon engaged village elders in Omar about upcoming shuras and humanitarian aid delivery. 'I want to give cold weather clothes to the poorest families in Omar,' said 1st Lt. Kareem F. Hernandez, a New York resident and also 2nd Platoon leader in Able Company. Photographer: Sgt. Brandon Aird, Combined Joint Task Force - 82 PAO.