Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Karin Guajardo observes Marines and Philippine service members putting up 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 Australian Defence Force to build classrooms during Balikatan 2019. The exercise, in its 35th iteration, is an annual exercise between the military and the Armed
Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Karin Guajardo observes Marines and Philippine service members putting up 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 Australian Defence Force to build classrooms during Balikatan 2019. The exercise, in its 35th iteration, is an annual exercise between the military and the Armed Forces of the Philippines that allows the countries to strengthen relationships, increase interoperability, and improve local communities. Guajardo, the staff non-commissioned officer in charge of the site, is with Engineer Co. A, 9th ESB, 3rd MLG, and is a native of Kent City, Michigan.
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