THE TENSION: Combat Camera: Troops in Afghanistan Conduct Operation Mountain Fire

U.S. Army soldiers search through a weapons and ammunition cache found while searching a hotel during Operation Mountain Fire in Barge Matal, a village in eastern Nuristan province, Afghanistan, July 12, 2009. The hotel is a known for harboring anti-Afghanistan forces. (Photo by Sgt. Matthew Moeller, Combined Joint Task Force - 82 PAO.)

Rocket-propelled grenade rounds are displayed after being discovered by U.S. Army soldiers and Afghan forces during Operation Mountain Fire in Barge Matal, a village in eastern Nuristan province, Afghanistan, July 12, 2009. (Photo by Sgt. Matthew Moeller, Combined Joint Task Force - 82 PAO.)

Stacks of ammunition are displayed after being discovered by U.S. Army soldiers and Afghan forces during Operation Mountain Fire in Barge Matal, a village in eastern Nuristan province, Afghanistan, July 12, 2009. (Photo by Sgt. Matthew Moeller, Combined Joint Task Force - 82 PAO.)

U.S. Army soldiers fire mortar rounds at suspected Taliban fighting positions during Operation Mountain Fire in Barge Matal, a village in eastern Nuristan province, Afghanistan, July 12, 2009. U.S. and Afghan forces secured the remote mountain village, which had been overwhelmed by insurgent forces. The U.S. soldiers are assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment. (Photo by Sgt. Matthew Moeller, Combined Joint Task Force - 82 PAO.)

A U.S. Army soldier calls for an airstrike on the hills surrounding the remote village of Barge Matal during Operation Mountain Fire in eastern Nuristan province, Afghanistan, July 12, 2009. (Photo by Sgt. Matthew Moeller, Combined Joint Task Force - 82 PAO.)

A U.S. Army soldier scans for insurgents hiding in the hills surrounding the tiny village of Barge Matal during Operation Mountain Fire in Nuristan province, Afghanistan, July 12, 2009. (Photo by Sgt. Matthew Moeller, Combined Joint Task Force - 82 PAO.)

A U.S. Army soldier fires his weapon at insurgent positions in the hills surrounding the remote village of Barge Matal during Operation Mountain Fire in eastern Nuristan province, Afghanistan, July 12, 2009. (Photo by Sgt. Matthew Moeller, Combined Joint Task Force - 82 PAO.)

An Afghan Border Police member calls out insurgent positions in the hills surrounding Barge Matal during Operation Mountain Fire in eastern Nuristan province, Afghanistan, July 12, 2009. (Photo by Sgt. Matthew Moeller, Combined Joint Task Force - 82 PAO.)

A U.S. Army soldier fires at insurgent positions in the hills surrounding the village of Barge Matal during Operation Mountain Fire in Nuristan province, Afghanistan, July 12, 2009. (Photo by Sgt. Matthew Moeller, Combined Joint Task Force - 82 PAO.)

A U.S. Army soldier scans for insurgent forces as small arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades hit near U.S. and Afghan military positions inside the village of Barge Matal during Operation Mountain Fire in eastern Nuristan province, Afghanistan, July 12, 2009. (Photo by Sgt. Matthew Moeller, Combined Joint Task Force - 82 PAO.)

U.S. Army Sgt. Arturo Islas checks the pulse of a suspected Taliban fighter injured during an early morning airstrike with U.S. and Afghan forces outside the village of Barge Matal during Operation Mountain Fire in eastern Nuristan province, Afghanistan, July 12, 2009. Islas is assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment. (Photo by Sgt. Matthew Moeller, Combined Joint Task Force - 82 PAO.)

U.S. Army soldiers and Afghan forces medically evacuate an insurgent, wounded after attacking coalition forces, to an American base to receive further medical treatment during Operation Mountain Fire in Nuristan province, Afghanistan, July 12, 2009. The U.S. soldiers are assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment. (Photo by Sgt. Matthew Moeller, Combined Joint Task Force - 82 PAO.)