THE TENSION: Combat Camera: US, Iraqi Forces Patrol Kirkuk

U.S. Army Sgt. Nathaniel Adams gives instructions to Pfc. Joshua Manley during a recent combined reconnaissance patrol in the industrial sector of the town of Taza, with counterparts of the Iraqi police, May 16, 2009, in Kirkuk, Iraq. The two are cavalry scouts assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division's 4th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Gustavo Olgiati.)

U.S. Army Sgt. Nathaniel Adams talks with an helicopter pilot during a recent combined reconnaissance patrol in the industrial sector of the town of Taza, with counterparts of the Iraqi police, May 16, 2009, in Kirkuk, Iraq. Adams is a cavalry scout assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division's 4th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Gustavo Olgiati.)

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Jacob Lopez inspects barrels filled with car parts during a recent combined reconnaissance patrol with Iraqi police in the industrial sector of the town of Taza, in Kirkuk, Iraq, May 16, 2009. Lopez is assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division's 4th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Gustavo Olgiati.)

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Jacob Lopez provides security during a recent combined reconnaissance patrol in the industrial sector of the town of Taza, with counterparts of the Iraqi police, May 16, 2009, in Kirkuk, Iraq. Lopez is assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division's 9th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Squadron, 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Gustavo Olgiati.)

Iraqi boys ride by on their donkey cart in the industrial sector of the town of Taza, May 16, 2009, in Kirkuk, Iraq. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Gustavo Olgiati.)

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Robert Hoff, left, and 1st Lt. Jacob Lopez look at their map during a recent combined reconnaissance patrol in the industrial sector of the town of Taza, with counterparts of the Iraqi police, May 16, 2009, in Kirkuk, Iraq. Hoff and Lopez are assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division's 4th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Gustavo Olgiati.)

An Iraqi police officer provides security during a recent combined reconnaissance patrol in the industrial sector of the town of Taza, with U.S. soldiers assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division's 4th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, May 16, 2009, in Kirkuk, Iraq. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Gustavo Olgiati.)

U.S. Army Capt. Nathan Jennings gives candy to an Iraqi child during a recent combined reconnaissance patrol in the industrial sector of the town of Taza, with counterparts of the Iraqi police, May 16, 2009, in Kirkuk, Iraq., Jennings is assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division's 4th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Gustavo Olgiati.)

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Robert Hoff patrols the street during a recent combined reconnaissance patrol in the industrial sector of the town of Taza, with counterparts of the Iraqi police, May 16, 2009, in Kirkuk, Iraq. is assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division's 4th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Gustavo Olgiati.)

U.S. Army Spc. Austin Carr provides security during a recent combined reconnaissance patrol in the industrial sector of the town of Taza, with counterparts of the Iraqi police, May 16, 2009, in Kirkuk, Iraq. Carr is assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division's 4th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Gustavo Olgiati.)

U.S. Army Sgt. Nathaniel Adams, left, talks with an helicopter pilot during a recent combined reconnaissance patrol in the industrial sector of the town of Taza, with counterparts of the Iraqi police, May 16, 2009, in Kirkuk, Iraq. Adams is assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division's 4th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Gustavo Olgiati.)