Afghan men travel to the Garmsir Agricultural High School to vote in district community council elections under the safe watch of U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Eric Chrivia, a mortarman with 4th Platoon, Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and 21-year-old native of Hale, Mich., while Chrivia and fellow Marines partner with Afghan National Police on a security patrol here, April 17, 2012. During the Afghan-led elections in Helmand province’s Garmsir district, village elders accounted for more than 2,200 votes to fill 34 DCC seats. Approximately 200 members of the Afghan National Security Forces worked to secure the voting site by searching shops, vehicles and foot traffic while Marines with 3/3 observed from the periphery. Despite reports of potential insurgent activity during the elections, the event transpired without any incident.