 From Soju's radio and television, this is the Army Now. Regional Training Center Metterlam introduces its first class of Afghan local police in the district. The new graduates demonstrated their abilities with a weapons breakdown challenge and a mock attack on an ALP post. The ALP is a community security force that allows village elders to select the young men that will represent and defend their villages as Afghan local policemen. It's just that much more information going out into the village that indicates to the people that are out here that are isolated, it indicates to them, hey, perhaps our government is going to work for us, perhaps we have an alternative to the Taliban. The Afghan local police was established by President Hamid Karzai as part of the Village Stability Operations Program in remote areas of Afghanistan. Marine Corporal T. Enagle Regional Training Center Metterlam, Afghanistan. It's the Army Now.