Marine Lance Cpl. Hannah J. Bates greets local children during a civil military assistance from the sea humanitarian assistance and disaster relief scenario in support of Balikatan 2017 in Sabtang, Batanes, May 15, 2017. Bates is a military police officer with 3rd Law Enforcement Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group. Balikatan is an annual bilateral military exercise focused on a variety of missions, including humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, counterterrorism, and other combined military operations. ( Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl.


Marine Lance Cpl. Hannah J. Bates greets local children during a civil military assistance from the sea humanitarian assistance and disaster relief scenario in support of Balikatan 2017 in Sabtang, Batanes, May 15, 2017. Bates is a military police officer with 3rd Law Enforcement Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group. Balikatan is an annual bilateral military exercise focused on a variety of missions, including humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, counterterrorism, and other combined military operations. ( Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Osvaldo L. Ortega III)


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