THE TENSION: Combat Camera: Tactical Psychological Operation Detachment 1400 Patrols Mosul, Iraq

U.S. Army Sgt. Sam Talley, attached to Tactical Psychological Operation Detachment 1400, hands out flyers to local Iraqis during a patrol in Mosul, Iraq, Jan. 17, 2008. Photographer: Spc. Kieran Cuddihy, Joint Combat Camera Center.

U.S. Army Sgt. Sam Talley, attached to Tactical Psychological Operation Detachment 1400, talks with local Iraqis during a patrol in Mosul, Iraq, Jan. 17, 2008. Photographer: Spc. Kieran Cuddihy, Joint Combat Camera Center.

A U.S. Armys soldier, attached to Heavy Company, 3rd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, stands by a shop entrance while providing security during a patrol in Mosul, Iraq, Jan. 17, 2008. Photographer: Spc. Kieran Cuddihy, Joint Combat Camera Center.

A U.S. Army soldier, attached to Heavy Company, 3rd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, provides security during a patrol in Mosul, Iraq, Jan. 17, 2008. Photographer: Spc. Kieran Cuddihy, Joint Combat Camera Center.

U.S. Army soldiers, attached to Heavy Company, 3rd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, talks with a local citizen about neighborhood concerns in Mosul, Iraq, Jan. 17, 2008. Photographer: Spc. Kieran Cuddihy, Joint Combat Camera Center.

U.S. Army soldiers, attached to Heavy Company, 3rd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, talk with some local power station workers in a neighborhood in Mosul, Iraq, Jan. 17, 2008. Photographer: Spc. Kieran Cuddihy, Joint Combat Camera Center.

A U.S. Army soldier, attached to Heavy Company, 3rd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, patrols through a neighborhood in Mosul, Iraq, Jan. 17, 2008. Photographer: Spc. Kieran Cuddihy, Joint Combat Camera Center.

A U.S. Army soldier, attached to Heavy Company, 3rd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, peers through the entrance of a cemetery in Mosul, Iraq, Jan. 17, 2008. Photographer: Spc. Kieran Cuddihy, Joint Combat Camera Center.

A U.S. Army soldier, attached to Heavy Company, 3rd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, observes some local power station workers in a neighborhood in Mosul, Iraq, Jan. 17, 2008. Photographer: Spc. Kieran Cuddihy, Joint Combat Camera Center.

U.S. Army soldiers, attached to Heavy Company, 3rd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, take cover behind their vehicle as they hear small arms fire open up in the distance in Mosul, Iraq, Jan. 17, 2008. Photographer: Spc. Kieran Cuddihy, Joint Combat Camera Center.