THE TENSION: Combat Camera: Joint Presence Patrol in Mosul, Part 1

An Iraqi boy rides his bike in the Abu Sayf District of Mosul, Iraq, June 1, 2009. (Photo by Senior Airman Kamaile O. Chan; Joint Combat Camera Center Iraq.)

An Iraqi doctor performs a check up on a young Iraqi boy with skin problems in the Abu Sayf District of Mosul, Iraq, June 1, 2009. (Photo by Senior Airman Kamaile O. Chan; Joint Combat Camera Center Iraq.)

U.S. soldiers with 3rd Platoon, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion 161st Infantry, 81st Brigade Combat Team (Heavy), Washington Army National Guard, and members of the Iraqi Army talk with locals during a joint presence patrol in the Abu Sayf District of Mosul, Iraq, June 1, 2009. (Photo by Senior Airman Kamaile O. Chan; Joint Combat Camera Center Iraq.)

An Iraqi woman walks up a hill to her house in the Abu Sayf District of Mosul, Iraq, June 1, 2009. (Photo by Senior Airman Kamaile O. Chan; Joint Combat Camera Center Iraq.)

An Iraqi man constructs a new wall in the Abu Sayf District of Mosul, Iraq, June 1, 2009. (Photo by Senior Airman Kamaile O. Chan; Joint Combat Camera Center Iraq.)

An Iraqi soldier talks with children during a joint presence patrol in the Abu Sayf District of Mosul, Iraq, June 1, 2009. (Photo by Senior Airman Kamaile O. Chan; Joint Combat Camera Center Iraq.)

U.S. soldiers with 3rd Platoon, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion 161st Infantry, 81st Brigade Combat Team (Heavy), Washington Army National Guard, and members of the Iraqi Army walk down a steep hill during a joint presence patrol in the Abu Sayf District of Mosul, Iraq, June 1, 2009. (Photo by Senior Airman Kamaile O. Chan; Joint Combat Camera Center Iraq.)

U.S. Army Spc. Milo Iaulualo, with 3rd Platoon, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion 161st Infantry, 81st Brigade Combat Team (Heavy), Washington Army National Guard, takes a break to talk with Iraqi children during a joint presence patrol in the Abu Sayf District of Mosul, Iraq, June 1, 2009. (Photo by Senior Airman Kamaile O. Chan; Joint Combat Camera Center Iraq.)