Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Nathan Groves, a combat engineer assigned to the 9th Engineer Support Battalion and a native of Omaha, Nebraska, and a Philippine Army soldier assigned to the 522nd Engineering Construction Battalion paint during construction in support of Exercise Balikatan at Calangitan Elementary School in Capas, Tarlac, Philippines, May 8, 2018. Balikatan 2018, 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 operati

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Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Nathan Groves, a combat engineer assigned to the 9th Engineer Support Battalion and a native of Omaha, Nebraska, and a Philippine Army soldier assigned to the 522nd Engineering Construction Battalion paint during construction in support of Exercise Balikatan at Calangitan Elementary School in Capas, Tarlac, Philippines, May 8, 2018. Balikatan 2018, 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. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Daniel Hinton)

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