THE TENSION: Combat Camera: Wolfhounds Patrol Taji Qada, Northwest of Baghdad

Staff Sgt. Dusty Lamborn, a Hobart, Okla., native, maintains security while listening to the concerns of the people in the Taji Qada, northwest of Baghdad, to see what he could do to better to assist the community, July 21, 2008. Lamborn 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. (Photographer: Sgt. Brad Willeford, 2nd Stryker Brigade 25th Infantry Division.)

Pfc. Victor Alaniz, a Montclair, Calif., native, takes a knee during a patrol in the Taji Qada, northwest of Baghdad,, July 21, 2008. Alaniz serves as an infantryman with Company B, 52nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment “Wolfhounds,” 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team “Warrior,” 25th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad. (Photographer: Sgt. Brad Willeford, 2nd Stryker Brigade 25th Infantry Division.)

Sgt. Kenneth Larsen, a Dayton, Nev., native, and Pfc. Richard Martinez, a Mission, Texas, native, take a look at several buildings during a patrol through the Taji Qada, northwest of Baghdad, July 21, 2008. The soldiers, who are both infantrymen with Company A, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment “Wolfhounds,” 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team “Warrior,” 25th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad, took assessments of the buildings to find ways to bring essential services to the area. (Photographer: Sgt. Brad Willeford, 2nd Stryker Brigade 25th Infantry Division.)

Soldiers with Company B, 52nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment “Wolfhounds,” 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team “Warrior,” 25th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad make their way across a field during a patrol through the Taji Qada, northwest of Baghdad, July 21, 2008. (Photographer: Sgt. Brad Willeford, 2nd Stryker Brigade 25th Infantry Division.)

Pfc. Corey Payne, a Jackson, N.C., native, maintains security while on a patrol in the Taji Qada, northwest of Baghdad, July 21, 2008. The purpose of the patrol was to find ways to assist in establishing essential services for many of the area shop owners in the area. Payne 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. (Photographer: Sgt. Brad Willeford, 2nd Stryker Brigade 25th Infantry Division.)