Royal Australian Air Force Flight Lt. Rafael Abboud salutes for the national anthem during a dedication ceremony celebrating the construction of a new school building at Calangitan Elementary School in support of Exercise Balikatan in Capas, Tarlac, Philippines, May 16, 2018. Abboud is the chaplain for 26th Squadron, and is a 36-year-old native of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. Exercise Balikatan, in its 34th iteration, is an annual military training exercise focused on a variety of missions, including humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, counterterrorism and ot


Royal Australian Air Force Flight Lt. Rafael Abboud salutes for the national anthem during a dedication ceremony celebrating the construction of a new school building at Calangitan Elementary School in support of Exercise Balikatan in Capas, Tarlac, Philippines, May 16, 2018. Abboud is the chaplain for 26th Squadron, and is a 36-year-old native of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. Exercise Balikatan, in its 34th iteration, is an annual military training exercise focused on a variety of missions, including humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, counterterrorism and other combined military operations held from May 7 to 18.


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