Air Force Airman 1st Class Jeremy Rivera, 18th Civil Engineer Group structural journeyman, uses a pickaxe to remove dirt for the footers of a health station in Barangay Baao, Mauban, Ph., March 31, 2021 during Exercise Balikatan. Balikatan is an annual exercise between the and the Philippines and comes from a Tagalog phrase meaning "shoulder-to-shoulder," representing the partnership between the two countries.

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