United States Marine Cpl. Charles Prickett, Civil Affairs, III Marine Expeditionary Force, speaks with a teacher about construction being done at Santa Cruz Elementary School, Palawan, Republic of the Philippines, March 22, 2012. Philippine and military members are constructing a new building at the school during Balikatan 2012, an annual combined joint training exercise aimed at improving Philippine and military force interoperability during planning, combat readiness, and humanitarian assistance operations. This is one of five engineering civic assistance projects the island of Pa

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United States Marine Cpl. Charles Prickett, Civil Affairs, III Marine Expeditionary Force, speaks with a teacher about construction being done at Santa Cruz Elementary School, Palawan, Republic of the Philippines, March 22, 2012. Philippine and military members are constructing a new building at the school during Balikatan 2012, an annual combined joint training exercise aimed at improving Philippine and military force interoperability during planning, combat readiness, and humanitarian assistance operations. This is one of five engineering civic assistance projects the island of Palawan will receive during the exercise, which officially begins April 16, 2012. Exercise Balikatan 2012 120322-M-IJ457-115

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