THE TENSION: Combat Camera: U.S. Troops Train Iraqi Troops

1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment scouts; Staff Sgt. Nick LaPlant and Sgt. Josh Barr prepare to demonstrate how to properly advance on multiple targets while under fire as soldiers with the 1st Battalion, 15th Brigade, 4th Iraqi army division look on during recent training at a range in Hawijah, Iraq, June 20th, 2008. (Photographer: Staff Sgt. Margaret Nelson, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division Public Affairs.)

A .223 round cartridge flies into the air as Sgt. Josh Barr of 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment's Scout Platoon, fires his M4 assault rifle during a demonstration on the proper technique for engaging multiple targets under fire. The scouts also known as 'Predators' were training soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 15th Brigade, 4th Iraq army division during a recent refresher/familiarization range in Hawijah, Iraq. (Photographer: Staff Sgt. Margaret Nelson, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division Public Affairs.)

Staff Sgt. Nick LaPlant brings the elbow of an Iraqi soldier (Jundi) with the 1st Battalion, 15th Brigade, 4th IA Division down toward the Jundi's side, placing him in the correct, "standing", firing position, as Sgt. Josh Barr prepares for 'live fire' with ear protection. soldiers with the 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment's Scout Platoon, 'Predator', conducted a refresher/familiarization course with the Iraqi army during a recent range in Hawijah, Iraq. (Photographer: Staff Sgt. Margaret Nelson, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division Public Affairs.)

A round is spent; a cartridge ejected, from a 1st Battalion, 15th Brigade, 4th Iraqi army division soldier's AK-47 assault rifle, during a recent weapon's refresher/familiarization range conducted by the Scout Platoon of 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment in Hawijah, Iraq. (Photographer: Staff Sgt. Margaret Nelson, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division Public Affairs.)

Staff Sgt. Nick LaPlant, Scout Platoon, 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, demonstrates proper body positioning to Soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 15th Brigade, 4th Iraqi army division during a recent range in Hawijah, Iraq. (Photographer: Staff Sgt. Margaret Nelson, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division Public Affairs.)