THE TENSION: Combat Camera: Wolfhounds Go Shopping at Hussaniyah Marketplace

Staff Sgt. Ilalio Saufoi, of Pago Pago, Samoa, maintains security while members of the U.S Department of State’s embedded Provincial Reconstruction Team evaluate the progress being made at a Hussaniyah marketplace, Jan. 3. Saufoi is an infantry squad leader with Company A, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment “Wolfhounds,” 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team “Warrior,” 25th Infantry Division, currently attached to 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad. (Photographer: Staff Sgt. J.B. Jaco III, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Public Affairs.)

Capt. Brian Sweigart, of San Antonio, leads an element from the U.S Department of State’s embedded Provincial Reconstruction Team into a Hussaniyah marketplace to inspect the progress occurring in this northeast Baghdad region, Jan. 3. Sweigart commands the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment “Wolfhounds,” 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team “Warrior,” 25th Infantry Division, currently attached to 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad. (Photographer: Staff Sgt. J.B. Jaco III, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Public Affairs.)

Soldiers with Company A, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment “Wolfhounds,” 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team “Warrior,” 25th Infantry Division, currently attached to 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad, patrol through a crowded marketplace in the Hussaniyah town of the Istiqlal Qada, Jan. 3. The “Wolfhounds” escorted members of the U.S Department of State’s embedded Provincial Reconstruction Team through the marketplace to evaluate the progress of the economy in this northeast Baghdad region. (Photographer: Staff Sgt. J.B. Jaco III, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Public Affairs.)

Capt. Brian Sweigart, of San Antonio, watches as soldiers and residents walk through a busy Hussaniyah marketplace, Jan. 3. Sweigart commands the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment “Wolfhounds,” 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team “Warrior,” 25th Infantry Division, currently attached to 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad. (Photographer: Staff Sgt. J.B. Jaco III, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Public Affairs.)

1st Lt. Tommy Ryan, of Seminole, Fla., enjoys his patrol through a Hussaniyah town marketplace, Jan. 3. Ryan is an infantry platoon leader with Company A, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment “Wolfhounds,” 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team “Warrior,” 25th Infantry Division, currently attached to 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad. (Photographer: Staff Sgt. J.B. Jaco III, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Public Affairs.)