THE TENSION: Combat Camera: US Marines Conduct Patrols in Helmand

Seamen Kirk Andrew Blondeaux, a corpsman with 3rd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 3 and Tucson, Ariz., native, walks past the corner of a building during a security patrol Aug. 19, 2009. (Photo by Lance Cpl. Daniel Flynn, Regimental Combat Team 3.)

Staff Sgt. Lawrence C. Salcido, patrol leader with 3rd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 3 and Coos Bay, Ore., native, shows a photo to a local child during a security patrol Aug. 19, 2009. (Photo by Lance Cpl. Daniel Flynn, Regimental Combat Team 3.)

Sgt. Matthew Carl Shipp, assistant patrol leader with 3rd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 3 and Hauser Lake, Idaho, native, walks through a canal during a security patrol Aug. 19, 2009. (Photo by Lance Cpl. Daniel Flynn, Regimental Combat Team 3.)

Sgt. Matthew Carl Shipp, assistant patrol leader with 3rd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 3 and Hauser Lake, Idaho, native, turns to pass an order to the Marines behind him during a security patrol Aug. 19, 2009. (Photo by Lance Cpl. Daniel Flynn, Regimental Combat Team 3.)