THE TENSION: Combat Camera: Firefight in the Waterpur Valley (OEF)

U.S. Army Cpl. Casey Liffrig, of Pinehurst, N.C., scans the hills surrounding the Waterpur valley, as insurgent fighters rain down bullets on his position, during a three-hour firefight with militant forces in Afghanistan's Kunar province, Nov. 3. Liffrig, and fellow members of Company C, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, have been battling militant fighters since arriving in Afghanistan last June. (Photo by Sgt. Matthew Moeller, 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment.)

U.S. Army soldiers from Company C, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, fire machine guns at insurgent forces during a three-hour gun-battle in Kunar province, Afghanistan's Waterpur valley, Nov. 3. The 4th Infantry Division soldiers have been providing security and humanitarian assistance to the Afghan people since arriving last June. (Photo by Sgt. Matthew Moeller, 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment.)

U.S. Army Pfc. Chris Johnson watches as U.S. Army helicopters fire rockets at insurgent fighters in the hills surrounding the Waterpur Valley, in Afghanistan's Kunar province, Nov. 3.Johnson, and fellow members of Company C, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, have been battling anti-Afghan fighters since arriving in Afghanistan last June. (Photo by Sgt. Matthew Moeller, 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment.)

U.S. Army Sgt. Stephen Wise, a native of Ames, Iowa, watches for insurgent forces as bullets streak overhead, during a three-hour gun-battle in Kunar province, Afghanistan's Waterpur valley, Nov. 3. Wise, and fellow members of Company C, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, have been providing security and humanitarian assistance to the Afghan people since arriving last June. (Photo by Sgt. Matthew Moeller, 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment.)

U.S. Army Cpl. Casey Liffrig, of Pinehurst, N.C., watches for insurgent forces as heavy sniper fire rains down on his position, during a three-hour firefight with militants in Kunar province, Afghanistan's Waterpur valley, Nov. 3. Liffrig, and fellow members of Company C, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, have been battling militant forces since arriving in Afghanistan last June. (Photo by Sgt. Matthew Moeller, 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment.)

A U.S. Army UH-61 Black Hawk helicopter drops ammunition and water to U.S. Army soldiers from Company C, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, following a three hour gun battle in Kunar province, Afghanistan's Waterpur valley, Nov. 3. (Photo by Sgt. Matthew Moeller, 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment.)

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class. Henriques Ventura, of Colorado Springs, Colo., races across an open field as sniper fire rains down around him, during a three-hour firefight with insurgent forces in Kunar province, Afghanistan's Waterpur Valley, Nov. 3. Ventura is a platoon sergeant with Company C, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division. The Fort Carson, Colo., deployed to Afghanistan last June, and has been providing security and humanitarian assistance to the Afghan people. (Photo by Sgt. Matthew Moeller, 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment.)

A U.S. Army soldier from Company C, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, fires at insurgent fighters during a three-hour gun battle in Kunar province, Afghanistan's Waterpur valley, Nov. 3. The 4th Infantry Division soldiers have been battling anti-Afghan fighters in area since arriving in Afghanistan last June. (Photo by Sgt. Matthew Moeller, 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment.)

A U.S. Army soldier with of Company C, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, watches as bombs explode on insurgent fighting positions in Kunar province, Afghanistan's Waterpur valley, Nov. 3. The 4th Infantry Division soldiers have been battling militant fighters in the Waterpur valley since arriving in Afghanistan last June. (Photo by Sgt. Matthew Moeller, 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment.)

U.S. Army Pvt. John Stafinski, a native of Seville, Ohio, fires his M-249 squad automatic weapon during a three-hour gun battle with insurgent fighters in Kunar province, Afghanistan's Waterpur Valley, Nov. 3. Stafinski is an infantryman with Company C, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, based out of Fort Carson, Colo. (Photo by Sgt. Matthew Moeller, 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment.)

U.S. Army Pfc. Chris Johnson and a fellow Company C, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, soldier scan the hills surrounding the Waterpur valley, during a three-hour firefight with insurgents in Afghanistan's Kunar province, Nov. 3. The 4th Infantry Division soldiers have been providing security and humanitarian assistance to the Afghan people since arriving last June. (Photo by Sgt. Matthew Moeller, 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment.)

U.S. Army Pfc. Geoffery Thomson ducks for cover as insurgents fire on his position during a three-hour gun battle in Kunar province, Afghanistan's Waterpur valley, Nov. 3. Thomson is an infantryman with Company C, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, based out of Fort Carson, Colo. (Photo by Sgt. Matthew Moeller, 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment.)

U.S. Army Sgt. Kee Johnson, a native of Lewisburg, W. Va., takes cover while U.S. Army helicopters fire rockets at insurgent fighters in the hills surrounding the Waterpur valley, in Afghanistan's Kunar province, Nov. 3. Kee, and fellow members of Company C, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, have been battling insurgents since arriving in Afghanistan last June. (Photo by Sgt. Matthew Moeller, 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment.)

U.S. Army Spc. Thomas Upton, a native of Aransas Pass, Texas, watches for anti-Afghan forces during a gun-battle in Kunar province, Afghanistan's Waterpur valley, Nov. 3. Upton, and fellow members of Company C, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, have been providing security and humanitarian assistance to the Afghan people since arriving last June. (Photo by Sgt. Matthew Moeller, 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment.)

U.S. Army soldiers from Company C, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, watch the surrounding hills for insurgents, while fellow Co. C soldiers race to their position, dodging heavy sniper fire, during a three-hour gun battle with insurgent forces in Kunar province, Afghanistan's Waterpur valley, Nov. 3. The 4th Infantry Division soldiers have been battling insurgent forces in the Waterpur valley since arriving in Afghanistan last June. (Photo by Sgt. Matthew Moeller, 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment.)