Armed Forces of the Philippines Army Sgt. Michael Bofill, assigned to the 552nd Engineer Construction Battalion, holds a measurement stick to help level select aggregate for a concrete pad along with Marine engineers, assigned to the 9th Engineer Support Battalion, and Navy Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5, at Don Joaquin Artuz Memorial Elementary School in Tapaz, Philippines, during Balikatan 2015, April 11. The engineers are part of the Joint Civil-Military Operations Task Force on the island of Panay constructing two classrooms at the school. Balikatan, which mea
Armed Forces of the Philippines Army Sgt. Michael Bofill, assigned to the 552nd Engineer Construction Battalion, holds a measurement stick to help level select aggregate for a concrete pad along with Marine engineers, assigned to the 9th Engineer Support Battalion, and Navy Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5, at Don Joaquin Artuz Memorial Elementary School in Tapaz, Philippines, during Balikatan 2015, April 11. The engineers are part of the Joint Civil-Military Operations Task Force on the island of Panay constructing two classrooms at the school. Balikatan, which means “shoulder to shoulder” in Filipino, is an annual bilateral training exercise aimed at improving the ability of Philippine and military forces to work together during planning, contingency, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations. ( Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Lowell Whitman/Released) PHL, strengthen bonds together 150410-N-HA376-198
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