THE TENSION: Combat Camera: Cavalry Soldiers Conduct Field Clearing Mission in Iraq

U.S. Army Capt. Johnny Ulsamer of Staten Island, N.Y., commander of Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, is searching for cashes on a field that has been picked to be an impact zone to sight in mortars from Joint Security Station Bassatin, Baghdad, Iraq, on May 25. (Photo by Spc. Joshua E. Powell; Joint Combat Camera Center Iraq.)

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Matthew Rudy of Lancaster, Penn., from 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, is using his scope to watch for mortars to impact on a field that he and his fellow soldiers cleared of civilians. The field is cleared to be used for an impact zone to sight in their mortar tubes at Joint Security Station Bassatin, Baghdad, Iraq, on May 25. (Photo by Spc. Joshua E. Powell; Joint Combat Camera Center Iraq.)

U.S. soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, clear a field of civilians and any caches so it can be used for an impact zone to sight in their mortar tubes at Joint Security Station Bassatin, Baghdad, Iraq, on May 25. (Photo by Spc. Joshua E. Powell; Joint Combat Camera Center Iraq.)

U.S. soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, clear a field of civilians so it can be used for an impact zone to sight in their mortar tubes at Joint Security Station Bassatin, Baghdad, Iraq, on May 25. (Photo by Spc. Joshua E. Powell; Joint Combat Camera Center Iraq.)

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Matthew Rudy of Lancaster, Penn., from 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, watches for mortar impacts on a field that he and his fellow soldiers cleared of civilians. The field is cleared to be used for an impact zone to sight in their mortar tubes at Joint Security Station Bassatin, Baghdad, Iraq, on May 25. (Photo by Spc. Joshua E. Powell; Joint Combat Camera Center Iraq.)

U.S. Army Capt. Johnny Ulsamer of Staten Island, N.Y., commander of Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, watches for incoming mortars to impact on a field after he and his soldiers cleared it of civilians on May 25, outside Baghdad. The mortars are being fired from Joint Security Station Bassatin to insure they are properly sighted. (Photo by Spc. Joshua E. Powell; Joint Combat Camera Center Iraq.)

U.S. Army Capt. Johnny Ulsamer of Staten Island, N.Y., Commander of Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, watches for incoming mortars to impact on a field after he and his soldiers cleared it of civilians on May 25. The mortars are being fired from Joint Security Station Bassatin, Baghdad, Iraq, to insure they are properly sighted. (Photo by Spc. Joshua E. Powell; Joint Combat Camera Center Iraq.)