THE TENSION: Combat Camera: 2/8 Marines Engage in 6-Hour Firefight With Taliban Insurgents, Part 3 of 3

Lance Cpl. Josh Vance, a team leader with Company E, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, posts security on the corner of a compound just after clearing it during a six-hour firefight with Taliban insurgents here Aug. 13. Vance is from Raleigh, N.C. (Photo by 1st Lt. Kurt Stahl, Regimental Combat Team 3.)

Afghan national army soldiers and U.S. Marines with Company E, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, return fire after Taliban insurgents ambushed their patrol Aug. 13. The fight lasted six hours and was the longest since July 4 here. (Photo by 1st Lt. Kurt Stahl, Regimental Combat Team 3.)

1st Lt. Josh Faucett, a joint terminal attack controller with Company E, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, reaches quickly for his radio handset to call for fire support just after Taliban insurgents ambushed their patrol, Aug. 13. The fight lasted six hours and was the longest since July 4 here. Faucett is from Elwood, Ind. (Photo by 1st Lt. Kurt Stahl, Regimental Combat Team 3.)

1st Lt. Josh Faucett, a joint terminal attack controller with Company E, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, calls for close air support on insurgent positions during a seven-hour firefight with Taliban insurgents here, Aug. 13. Faucett is from Elwood, Ind. (Photo by 1st Lt. Kurt Stahl, Regimental Combat Team 3.)

Lance Cpl. Josh Vance, a team leader with Company E, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, radios to his squad leader just after clearing a compound during a six-hour firefight with Taliban insurgents here, Aug. 13. Vance is from Raleigh, N.C. (Photo by 1st Lt. Kurt Stahl, Regimental Combat Team 3.)

Rounds from a high mobility rocket system impact on insurgent positions in support of the Marines on the ground with Company E, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, here, Aug. 13. (Photo by 1st Lt. Kurt Stahl, Regimental Combat Team 3.)

Staff Sgt. James Simmons, a platoon sergeant with Company E, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, takes a quick pause during a seven-hour firefight as an U.S. Air Force B-1 bomber drops a 500-pound bomb on insurgent positions here, Aug. 13. Simmons is from Winter Park, Fla. (Photo by 1st Lt. Kurt Stahl, Regimental Combat Team 3.)