THE TENSION: Combat Camera: Patrolling Zaidon, Iraq

U.S. Marine Corps 2nd Lt. Timothy C. Saint, left, with I Company, talks to Lt. Col. Nathan I. Nastase, the battalion commander of 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines, Zaidon, Iraq, Nov. 19. U.S. Marines are conducting a mounted patrol to visit patrol bases in their area of operation. Photographer: Cpl. Peter Thibodeau, Joint Combat Camera Center.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Mohamed M. Mohamed, an interpreter with Personal Security Detail, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines, talks to two women in Zaidon, Iraq, Nov. 19. U.S. Marines with PSD are conducting a mounted patrol to visit patrol bases in their area of operation. Photographer: Cpl. Peter Thibodeau, Joint Combat Camera Center.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Michael A. McMillen, right, with the Personal Security Detail, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines, talks with Cpl. Mohamed M. Mohamed in Zaidon, Iraq, Nov. 19. U.S. Marines with PSD are conducting a mounted patrol to visit patrol bases in their area of operation. Photographer: Cpl. Peter Thibodeau, Joint Combat Camera Center.

U.S. Marine Corps 2nd Lt. Timothy C. Saint, left, with I Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines, talks to Lt. Col. Nathan I. Nastase, the battalion commander, Zaidon, Iraq, Nov. 19. U.S. Marines are conducting a mounted patrol to visit patrol bases in their area of operation. Photographer: Cpl. Peter Thibodeau, Joint Combat Camera Center.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Mohamed M. Mohamed, an interpreter with Personal Security Detail, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines, directs cattle past a High Mobility Multi-Purpose Wheeled Vehicle in Zaidon, Iraq, Nov. 19. U.S. Marines are conducting a mounted patrol to visit patrol bases in their area of operation. Photographer: Cpl. Peter Thibodeau, Joint Combat Camera Center.

Iraqi's watch as Chief Warrant Officer Robert Sundstrom, battalion gunner for 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines, enters a Mine Resistant Armor Protected vehicle in Zaidon, Iraq, Nov. 19. U.S. Marines are conducting a mounted patrol to visit patrol bases in their area of operation. Photographer: Cpl. Peter Thibodeau, Joint Combat Camera Center.

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Nathan I. Nastase, battalion commander of 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines, talks with a construction worker in Zaidon, Iraq, Nov. 19. U.S. Marines are conducting a mounted patrol to visit patrol bases in their area of operation. Photographer: Cpl. Peter Thibodeau, Joint Combat Camera Center.

Iraqi construction workers build a new police Station in Zaidon, Iraq, Nov. 19. U.S. Marines are conducting a mounted patrol to visit patrol bases in their area of operation. Photographer: Cpl. Peter Thibodeau, Joint Combat Camera Center.