Marines Lance Cpl. Robert Lay (left), Lance Cpl. Chris Brunsell (center), and Army Pfc. Joseia Lemari paint the exterior of a school building during construction in support of Exercise Balikatan at Calangitan Elementary School in Capas, Tarlac, Philippines, May 6, 2018. Lay and Brunsell are both combat engineers with Alpha Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, and they are 26 and 21-year-old natives of Jellico, Tennessee, and Max, North Dakota, respectively. Lemari is an engineer with 523rd Engineer Support Company, and is a 24-year-old native of Majuro, Marshall Islands. Exercise

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Marines Lance Cpl. Robert Lay (left), Lance Cpl. Chris Brunsell (center), and Army Pfc. Joseia Lemari paint the exterior of a school building during construction in support of Exercise Balikatan at Calangitan Elementary School in Capas, Tarlac, Philippines, May 6, 2018. Lay and Brunsell are both combat engineers with Alpha Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, and they are 26 and 21-year-old natives of Jellico, Tennessee, and Max, North Dakota, respectively. Lemari is an engineer with 523rd Engineer Support Company, and is a 24-year-old native of Majuro, Marshall Islands. Exercise Balikatan, in its 34th iteration, is an annual military training exercise focused on a variety of missions, including humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, counterterrorism and other combined military operations held from May 7 to 18. ( Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Matthew J. Bragg)

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