Marine Master Sgt. Leroy Forbes, a construction chief with 9th Engineering Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, and a native of Hartford, Conn., holds baby Devin during a community relations event at the Gentle Hands Child Care Center in Quezon City, Philippines, 13 May, 2018, as part of Exercise Balikatan 2018. Philippine, , Japanese, and Australian service members spent Mother’s Day volunteering at the center as part of a community relations effort in the Philippines. Gentle Hands is a child and youth welfare agency meant to be on the front lines of rescue and rehabilitati


Marine Master Sgt. Leroy Forbes, a construction chief with 9th Engineering Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, and a native of Hartford, Conn., holds baby Devin during a community relations event at the Gentle Hands Child Care Center in Quezon City, Philippines, 13 May, 2018, as part of Exercise Balikatan 2018. Philippine, , Japanese, and Australian service members spent Mother’s Day volunteering at the center as part of a community relations effort in the Philippines. Gentle Hands is a child and youth welfare agency meant to be on the front lines of rescue and rehabilitation of the medical, social, psychological, and educational needs of at-risk children and youth, advocating for the rights of the children. Exercise Balikatan, in its 34th iteration, is an annual military training focused on a variety of missions, including humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, counterterrorism, and other combined military operations held from May 7 to May 18.


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