HELMAND HANDSHAKE

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04/26/2012 03:13 PM CDT

U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Steve Rimmer, the commander of 4th Platoon, Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, greets an Afghan boy while on a security patrol with Afghan police in the Garmsir district of Afghanistan's Helmand province, April 17, 2012. U.S. Marines patrolled areas outside the district during community council elections while Afghan police officers secured the voting site.