THE TENSION: Combat Camera: US Troops Conduct Patrol During Operation Syme, Tikrit, Iraq

1st Lt. Dezi King walks to a house located in a small village as an OH-58 Kiowa Warrior helicopter flies by during Operation Syme in Tikrit, Iraq, Oct. 28, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's Company B, 1st Special Troops Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team. Operation Syme was an air assault operation targeting insurgent fighters in the desert areas west of Tikrit. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Kevin Doheny.)

U.S. Army Spc. Edgar Solis pulls security during Operation Syme in Tikrit, Iraq, Oct. 28, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's Company B, 1st Special Troops Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team. Operation Syme was an air assault operation targeting insurgent fighters in the desert areas west of Tikrit. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Kevin Doheny.)

U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Kevin Engel looks through optics on his rifle as he pulls security during Operation Syme in Tikrit, Iraq, Oct. 28, 2008. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Kevin Doheny.)

U.S. Army Spc. Edgar Solis pulls security while fellow soldiers search several houses in the area during Operation Syme in Tikrit, Iraq, Oct. 28, 2008. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Kevin Doheny.)

U.S. Army soldiers prepare to move to their next target house as they sweep a small village during Operation Syme in Tikrit, Iraq, Oct. 28, 2008. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Kevin Doheny.)

A U.S. Army soldier pulls security on a man as other fellow soldiers of his unit search the man’s house for any suspicious items during Operation Syme in Tikrit, Iraq, Oct. 28, 2008. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Kevin Doheny.)

U.S. Army soldiers prepare to move to their next target house as they sweep a small village during Operation Syme in Tikrit, Iraq, Oct. 28, 2008. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Kevin Doheny.)

1st Lt. Dezi King is silhouetted by the sun as an OH-58 Kiowa Warrior helicopter flies overhead during Operation Syme in Tikrit, Iraq, Oct. 28, 2008. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Kevin Doheny.)

U.S. Army soldiers are silhouetted by the sun as they search a small village for anything suspicious during Operation Syme in Tikrit, Iraq, Oct. 28, 2008. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Kevin Doheny.)

A U.S. Army soldier pulls security and watches as a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter lands during extraction during Operation Syme in Tikrit, Iraq, Oct. 28, 2008. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Kevin Doheny.)