Afghan boys curiously observe U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Alexander Johnson, a rifleman with 4th Platoon, Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and 20-year-old native of Bayard, Neb., while Johnson and fellow Marines provide security on a partnered patrol with Afghan National Police during the Garmsir district community council elections 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.