THE TENSION: Combat Camera: Troops Conduct Mosul Raid Through Rain and Shine

Sgt. James Crawford III, an infantryman in 1st Platoon, Company D, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment from Fort Carson, Colo., searches the rooftop of a business in the al-Sinaa neighborhood of Mosul, Iraq, April 1, during an Iraqi Army led raid. (Photographer: Spc. John Crosby, 115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment.)

Soldiers stand in the rubble ridden streets of the al-Sinaa neighborhood of Mosul, Iraq, in the rainy morning hours of April 1. Soldiers of 1st Platoon, Company D, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment conducted an Iraqi Army led clearing operation to rid the neighborhood of car bomb factories and bomb making materials. (Photographer: Spc. John Crosby, 115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment.)

1st Lt. Donald Maloy, 1st Platoon leader, Co. D, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment from Fort Carson, Colo., communicates through his radio while a Bradley Armored Personnel Carrier provides cord-on security during a joint Iraqi Army and coalition forces clearing operation in the al-Sinaa neighborhood of Mosul, April 1. (Photographer: Spc. John Crosby, 115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment.)

Soldiers of 1st Platoon, Company D, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment move to clear a complex in Mosul, Iraq, April 1, under heavy rainfall after a Bradley Armored Personnel Carrier providing security in the area breached the wall. Several bags of homemade explosives, bomb initiators and other suspicious items were found during the Iraqi Army led raid. (Photographer: Spc. John Crosby, 115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment.)

Infantry soldiers of 1st Platoon, Company D, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment from Fort Carson, Colo., raid a building in Mosul, Iraq during the rainy morning hours of April 1. (Photographer: Spc. John Crosby, 115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment.)