THE TENSION: Combat Camera: US and Iraqi Soldiers Patrol Around Baghdad

U.S. Army Spc. Daniel Brooks and a fellow Soldier take a minute of downtime after gearing up for a combined patrol with Iraqi Police in the Ghazaliya district, Baghdad, Iraq on July, 17, 2008. Brooks is in 2nd Platoon, Bravo Troop, 1st Squadron, 75th Cavalry, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division. (Photographer: Joint Combat Camera Center Iraq.)

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Ryan Chang and Iraqi police Lt. Akil walk out of JSS Ghaz 4 during a combined patrol in the Ghazaliya district, Baghdad, Iraq on July, 17, 2008. Chang is Platoon Leader, 2nd Platoon, Bravo Troop, 1st Squadron, 75th Cavalry, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division. (Photographer: Spc. Charles Gill, Joint Combat Camera Center Iraq.)

An Iraqi boy watches as U.S. Army Spc. Justin Officer passes by during a combined dismounted patrol with Iraqi Police in the Ghazaliya district, Baghdad, Iraq on July, 17, 2008. Officer is in 2nd Platoon, Bravo Troop, 1st Squadron, 75th Cavalry, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division. (Photographer: Spc. Charles Gill, Joint Combat Camera Center Iraq.)

A local sheik greets U.S. Army Capt. Brian Sweigart, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division at a newly constructed school in the Al Awad region of Iraq, July 17, 2008. (Photographer: Spc. Daniel Herrera, Joint Combat Camera Center Iraq.)

An Iraqi girl hangs around a school in Al Awad, Iraq, July 17, 2008. (Photographer: Spc. Daniel Herrera, Joint Combat Camera Center Iraq.)

A U.S. soldier from 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division patrols the playground of a school under renovation in the Al Awad region of Iraq, July 17, 2008. (Photographer: Spc. Daniel Herrera, Joint Combat Camera Center Iraq.)

U.S. Army Spc. Eric Waddle, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division, takes a break as he observes Iraqi workers renovating a school in Al Awad, Iraq, July 17, 2008. (Photographer: Spc. Daniel Herrera, Joint Combat Camera Center Iraq.)