THE TENSION: Combat Camera: US Soldiers Provide Security in the Tangi Valley, Afghanistan, Part 1 of 3

U.S. Army Spc. Sam Garvin, 22, from Jacksonville, Fla., and Nori, the Afghan interpreter, provide over watch security from an observation post in the mountains above the Tangi Valley in the Wardak province of Afghanistan, Aug. 31. Garvin is assigned to 1st Platoon, Apache Company, 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division. (Photo by Sgt. Teddy Wade, Joint Combat Camera Afghanistan.)

U.S. Army Pvt. Richard Lawrence, 20, from Brooklyn, N.Y., provides over watch security from an observation post in the mountains above the Tangi Valley in the Wardak province of Afghanistan, Aug. 31. Lawrence is assigned to 1st Platoon, Apache Company, 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division. (Photo by Sgt. Teddy Wade, Joint Combat Camera Afghanistan.)

U.S. Army Spc. Michael Riley, a radio traffic operator, prepares to move to the next observation post while he and other soldiers provide over watch security in the mountains above the Tangi Valley in the Wardak province of Afghanistan, Aug. 31. Riley is assigned to 1st Platoon, Apache Company, 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division. (Photo by Sgt. Teddy Wade, Joint Combat Camera Afghanistan.)

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Silverio Gabriel, 37, from Newport News, Va., prepares to move to the next observation post while he and his soldiers provide over watch security in the mountains above the Tangi Valley in the Wardak province of Afghanistan, Aug. 31. (Photo by Sgt. Teddy Wade, Joint Combat Camera Afghanistan.)

U.S. Army Sgt. William "Doc" Baker, a medic assigned to 1st Platoon, Apache Company, 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, walks along Route Georgia during an overnight dismounted patrol in the Tangi Valley in the Wardak province of Afghanistan, Aug. 31. (Photo by Sgt. Teddy Wade, Joint Combat Camera Afghanistan.)

A U.S. Army soldier assigned to 1st Platoon, Apache Company, 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, provides over watch security from an observation post in the mountains above the Tangi Valley in the Wardak province of Afghanistan, Aug. 31. (Photo by Sgt. Teddy Wade, Joint Combat Camera Afghanistan.)

U.S. Army Sgt. William "Doc" Baker, a medic assigned to 1st Platoon, Apache Company, 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, speaks with a fellow soldier before going out on an overnight dismounted patrol along the mountains surrounding the Tangi Valley in the Wardak province of Afghanistan, Aug. 31. (Photo by Sgt. Teddy Wade, Joint Combat Camera Afghanistan.)