THE TENSION: Combat Camera: Joint Clearing Operation in Mosul, Part 1

U.S. soldiers with 2nd Platoon, Alpha Company, 3rd Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, take a minute to navigate a map during a joint clearing operation in the Rasalkoor District of Mosul, Iraq, May 27. (Photo by Senior Airman Kamaile Chan; Joint Combat Camera Center Iraq.)

An Iraqi police officer greets an Iraqi man and his child during a joint clearing operations mission in the Rasalkoor District of Mosul, Iraq, May 27. (Photo by Senior Airman Kamaile Chan; Joint Combat Camera Center Iraq.)

Iraqi children sit outside a doorstep in the Rasalkoor District of Mosul, Iraq, May 27. (Photo by Senior Airman Kamaile Chan; Joint Combat Camera Center Iraq.)

An Iraqi police officer takes a break from a joint clearing operation in the Rasalkoor District of Mosul, Iraq, May 27. (Photo by Senior Airman Kamaile Chan; Joint Combat Camera Center Iraq.)

An off duty Iraqi police officer sweeps up trash from the street in the Rasalkoor District of Mosul, Iraq, May 27. (Photo by Senior Airman Kamaile Chan; Joint Combat Camera Center Iraq.)

U.S. Army Cpl. Michael Lopez with 2nd Platoon, Alpha Company, 3rd Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division maintains security during a clearing operation in the Rasalkoor District of Mosul, Iraq, May 27. (Photo by Senior Airman Kamaile Chan; Joint Combat Camera Center Iraq.)

A young Iraqi girl waits outside of her house during a clearing operation in the Rasalkoor District of Mosul, Iraq, May 27. (Photo by Senior Airman Kamaile Chan; Joint Combat Camera Center Iraq.)

A group of Iraqi children peer out of a doorway in the Rasalkoor District of Mosul, Iraq, on May 28. (Photo by Senior Airman Kamaile Chan; Joint Combat Camera Center Iraq.)

U.S. Army Spc. Mohammed Houbban and 1st Lt. Matthew Kenney with 2nd Platoon, Alpha Company, 3rd Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division talk with an Iraqi police officer during a joint clearing operation in the Rasalkoor District of Mosul, Iraq, May 27. (Photo by Senior Airman Kamaile Chan; Joint Combat Camera Center Iraq.)