THE TENSION: Combat Camera: Wolfhounds Patrol Through Sadr City

Sgt. Jason Stalnaker, native of Newark, Ohio, pulls security behind a concrete barrier in the Sadr City District of Baghdad Jan. 9, as he and his Iraqi Army counterparts from the 45th Brigade, 11th Iraqi army division patrolled the area distributing handbills informing residents of a criminal thought to be in the area. Stalnaker serves with 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment "Wolfhounds," 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team "Warrior," 25th Infantry Division, which is currently attached to 3rd BCT, 4th Inf. Div., Multi-National Division - Baghdad. (Photographer: Sgt. Whitney Houston, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Public Affairs.)

Spc. Franklin Walz, native of Kansas City, Mo., patrols with his Iraqi army counterpart from the 45th Brigade, 11th Iraqi army division, in the Sadr City District of Baghdad on Jan. 8. Walz serves with 1st Battalion, 27 Infantry Regiment "Wolfhounds," 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team "Warrior," 25th Infantry Division, which is currently attached to 3rd BCT, 4th Inf. Div., Multi-National Division - Baghdad. (Photographer: Sgt. Whitney Houston, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Public Affairs.)

Spc. Randall Marcotte, a native of Evergreen, La., serving with 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment "Wolfhounds," 2nd Striker Brigade Combat Team "Warrior," 25th Infantry Division, attached to 3rd BCT, 4th Inf. Div., Multi-National Division - Baghdad, gives a handbill to a Baghdad resident in the Sadr City District on Jan. 8 during a joint patrol effort to inform the populace of a criminal reported in the area. The Wolfhounds conducted the patrol with soldiers from the Iraqi army's 45th Brigade, 11th Iraqi army division. (Photographer: Sgt. Whitney Houston, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Public Affairs.)

A Iraqi man reviews a flier in the Sadr City District given to him by coalition forces on Jan. 8 containing information of a criminal who was suspected of being in the area. The Americans conducted the patrol with soldiers from the Iraqi army?s 45th Brigade, 11th Iraqi army division. (Photographer: Sgt. Whitney Houston, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Public Affairs.)

Staff Sgt. Douglas Fischgrund, a native of Linden, N.J., serving with 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment "Wolfhounds," 2nd Striker Brigade Combat Team "Warrior," 25th Infantry Division, attached to 3rd BCT, 4th Inf. Div., Multi-National Division - Baghdad, gives out fliers to a Baghdad resident in the Sadr City District on Jan. 8 which identify an alleged criminal reported in the area. The Wolfhounds conducted the patrol with soldiers from the Iraqi army's 45th Brigade, 11th Iraqi army division. (Photographer: Sgt. Whitney Houston, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division Public Affairs.)