Military Districts were organized in Afghanistan and Iraq in 2008-2009. Elder Paul B. Pieper of the Seventy formed the Baghdad Iraq Military District on November 9, 2009. There is a three-member District Presidency (a District President and two counselors); e-mail and other Internet technologies help leaders and members watch over each other. At the time the Baghdad Iraq Military District was formed, there were about 1,300 LDS servicemen serving there. The number of Latter-day Saints in Afghanistan at the time amounted to about half that number.