Regional Command Southwest commander, Maj. Gen. Richard P. Mills and 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, commanding officer, Lt. Col. Brian S. Christmas, listen to a speaker during a security conference at Forward Operating Base Sher Wali, Marjah, Helmand province, Afghanistan, June 29. The meeting was held to discuss the emergence of the Afghan Uniform Police in Marjah, slated to replace the Afghan National Civil Order Police as the area's local police force in the near future. Attending the event were Mills; Helmand provincial governor, Mohammad Gulab Mangal; Marjah's district governor, Haji Zahir and other high-ranking Marine, ANCOP and Afghan National Army officers.