THE TENSION: Combat Camera: Wolfhounds Secure Iraqi Checkpoints

Spc. Alexignacio , a Trinidad Solvang, Calif., native, maintains security at vehicle checkpoint in the Istaqlal Qada, northeast of Baghdad, July 27, 2008, ensuring that enemy weapons are not trafficked into the area. Trinidad is an infantryman with Company B, 52nd Infantry Regiment attached to 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment “Wolfhounds,” 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team “Warrior,” 25th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad. (Photographer: J. B. Jaso, 2nd Stryker Brigade 25th Infantry Division.)

Capt. Omololu Makinde, a Columbus, Ohio, native, briefs Soldiers from Company B, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment “Wolfhounds,” 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team “Warrior,” 25th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad on a mission to secure vehicle checkpoints in the Istaqlal Qada, northeast of Baghdad, July 27, 2008. Makinde is the Iraqi security forces coordinator for the 1st Bn., 27th Inf. Regt., 2nd SBCT, 25th Inf. Div., MND-B. (Photographer: J. B. Jaso, 2nd Stryker Brigade 25th Infantry Division.)

Spc. Jesse Arnold, a Warrensburg, N.Y., native, maintains security at a vehicle checkpoint manned by Sons of Iraq (Abna al Iraq) guards in the Istaqlal Qada, ensuring the safety of this area northeast of Baghdad, July 27, 2008. Arnold is a mortarman with Company B, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment “Wolfhounds,” 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team “Warrior,” 25th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad. (Photographer: J. B. Jaso, 2nd Stryker Brigade 25th Infantry Division.)

Spc. David Sorensen, a Missouri City, Texas, native, maintains security behind a vehicle while at a checkpoint in the Istaqlal Qada, northeast of Baghdad, July 27, 2008. Sorensen is a mortarman with Company B, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment “Wolfhounds,” 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team “Warrior,” 25th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad. (Photographer: J. B. Jaso, 2nd Stryker Brigade 25th Infantry Division.)

Cpl. Michael Tejada, a Hastings, Minn., native, observes approaching vehicles at a vehicle checkpoint manned by Sons of Iraq (Abna al Iraq) guards in the Istaqlal Qada, northeast of Baghdad, July 27, 2008. Tejada is a mortar section leader for Company B, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment “Wolfhounds,” 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team “Warrior,” 25th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad. (Photographer: J. B. Jaso, 2nd Stryker Brigade 25th Infantry Division.)