THE TENSION: Combat Camera: Troops Conduct Assault Mission Near Nuba, Iraq

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Craig Stevens, center, maneuvers through a cloud of dust to get into position between two other soldiers after dismounting a departing UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter in Nubai, Iraq, June 3, 2009. Stevens is assigned to Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 112th Infantry Regiment. U.S. and Iraqi soldiers air assaulted into the desert near Nubai, northwest of Taji, to conduct searches for possible weapons caches. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Doug Roles.)

U.S. Army Sgt. Brian Reger runs a metal detector over a suspected weapons cache site in Nubai, Iraq, June 3, 2009. Reger is assigned to the 856th Engineer Company, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team. U.S. and Iraqi army soldiers worked together to search an area northwest of Taji previously used for hiding weapons. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Doug Roles.)

U.S. Army Spc. Elam Scott, left, and Staff Sgt. Craig Stevens check the coordinates on a map for their next search point, Nubai, Iraq, June 3, 2009. Scott and Stevens are assigned to Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 112th Infantry Regiment. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Doug Roles.)

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Robert Weigold and Sonja, a military working dog, climb out of a gulley in the Iraqi desert northwest of Taji, near Nubai, Iraq, June 3, 2009. Weigold and Sonja are assigned to the 732nd Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Doug Roles.)

U.S. Army Spc. Elam Scott kicks through some loose soil after running a metal detector over a suspected weapons cache site in the Iraqi desert northwest of Taji, near Nubai, Iraq, June 3, 2009. Scott is assigned to Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 112th Infantry Regiment. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Doug Roles.)

U.S. Army soldiers move toward a waiting UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter to leave a search site in the Iraqi desert northwest of Taji, near Nubai, Iraq, June 3, 2009. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Doug Roles.)

U.S. Army Spc. Elam Scott, left, and an Iraqi soldier leave a helipad after completing a mission on Camp Taji, Iraq, June 3, 2009. Scott is assigned to Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 112th Infantry Regiment. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Doug Roles.)