Marine Corps Lance Cpl. David Skilbred supports a roof truss at Victor O’ De Guia Jr. Memorial Elementary School in Balian, Pangil, Laguna, Philippines, March 27, 2019, as part of Exercise Balikatan. Marines with Engineer Company A, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group are working shoulder-to-shoulder with the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Australian Defence Force to build schoolhouses as part of their engineer civic action projects during Exercise Balikatan 2019. Balikatan, in its 35th iteration, is an annual exercise between the military, Australian


Marine Corps Lance Cpl. David Skilbred supports a roof truss at Victor O’ De Guia Jr. Memorial Elementary School in Balian, Pangil, Laguna, Philippines, March 27, 2019, as part of Exercise Balikatan. Marines with Engineer Company A, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group are working shoulder-to-shoulder with the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Australian Defence Force to build schoolhouses as part of their engineer civic action projects during Exercise Balikatan 2019. Balikatan, in its 35th iteration, is an annual exercise between the military, Australian Defence Force and Armed Forces of the Philippines that allows the countries to strengthen relationships, increase interoperability and enhance operational readiness. Skilbreed, a combat engineer with Engineer Co. A, 9th ESB, 3rd MLG, is a native of Staples, Minnesota.


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