Army Spc. Elijah Gonzalez, 561st Engineering Construction Company, 84th Engineering Battalion, 130th Engineer Brigade interior electrician, removes formwork used to create a column of a two-classroom building in Atimonan, Quezon, Ph., during Exercise Balikatan April 8, 2021. 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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