Armed Forces of the Philippines Army engineers, from the 552nd Engineer Construction Battalion, Navy Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5, and Marine engineers from the 9th Engineer Support Battalion spread cement for a concrete pad at Don Joaquin Artuz Memorial Elementary School in Tapaz, Philippines during Balikatan 2015, April 14. The engineers, part of the Joint Civil-Military Operations Task Force on the island of Panay, are constructing two classrooms at the school. Balikatan, which means “shoulder to shoulder” in Filipino, is an annual bilateral training
Armed Forces of the Philippines Army engineers, from the 552nd Engineer Construction Battalion, Navy Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5, and Marine engineers from the 9th Engineer Support Battalion spread cement for a concrete pad at Don Joaquin Artuz Memorial Elementary School in Tapaz, Philippines during Balikatan 2015, April 14. The engineers, part of the Joint Civil-Military Operations Task Force on the island of Panay, are constructing two classrooms at the school. Balikatan, which means “shoulder to shoulder” in Filipino, is an annual bilateral training exercise aimed at improving the ability of Philippine and military forces to work together during planning, contingency, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations. ( Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Lowell Whitman/Released) US, Philippine service members begin laying foundation for classrooms 150413-N-HA376-723
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