THE TENSION: Combat Camera: Operation Hammer Bonzai III in Taji, Iraq

Pvt. Victor Alaniz, a native of Montclair, Calif., pulls security during Operation Hammer Bonzai III, an operation aimed at clearing the area of terrorist weapons and improvised explosive devices in the Taji Qada, northwest of Baghdad, May 1. Alaniz serves as an infantryman with Company A, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment "Wolfhounds," 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team "Warrior," 25th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad. (U.S. Army photo/Sgt. Brad Willeford)

Staff Sgt. Michael Clark, a Doylestown, Wis., native, takes a knee after digging up several boxes of buried munitions during Operation Hammer Bonzai III in the Taji Qada, northwest of Baghdad, May 1. The mission focused on ridding the area of weapons and improvised explosive devices. Clark serves as an infantry squad leader with Company A, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment "Wolfhounds," 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team "Warrior," 25th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad. (U.S. Army photo/Sgt. Brad Willeford)

Spc. Jose Nunez, a Chicago native, pulls security for his fellow soldiers during Operation Hammer Bonzai III in the Taji Qada, northwest of Baghdad, May 1. The operation focused on ridding the area of terrorist weapons and improvised explosive devices. Nunez serves as an infantryman with Company A, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment "Wolfhounds," 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team "Warrior," 25th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad. (U.S. Army photo/Sgt. Brad Willeford)

Soldiers from Company A, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment "Wolfhounds," 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team "Warrior," 25th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad, stroll through a field of wheat on a search for weapons caches as part of Operation Hammer Bonzai III in the Taji Qada, northwest of Baghdad, May 1. (U.S. Army photo/Sgt. Brad Willeford)

Spc. Jose Nunez, a Chicago native, pulls security during Operation Hammer Bonzai III in the Taji Qada, northwest of Baghdad, May 1. The operations focused on ridding the area of weapons and improvised explosive devices. Nunez serves as an infantryman with Company A, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment "Wolfhounds," 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team "Warrior," 25th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad, and works to help build a safer Iraq for the future. (U.S. Army photo/Sgt. Brad Willeford)