Representatives from the Philippine Navy, Army, Atimonan community, and Angeles Elementary School pose with shovels for the groundbreaking ceremony of a two-classroom building during Exercise Balikatan in Atimonan, Quezon, Ph., March 26, 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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