Marine Corps Lt. Col. Soulynamma Pharathikoune, center-left, and 1st Lt. Dusti Doss, center, hand the key to a newly constructed school building over to Tarlac Vice Governor Enrique Cojuangco, Jr. during a dedication ceremony at Calangitan Elementary School in support of Exericse Balikatan in Capas, Tarlac, Philippines, May 16, 2018. Pharathikoune is the co-commander of the combined joint civil military operations task force, and the commanding officer of 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group. Doss, the site officer in charge, is with 9th ESB, 3rd MLG, and is a 31-yea


Marine Corps Lt. Col. Soulynamma Pharathikoune, center-left, and 1st Lt. Dusti Doss, center, hand the key to a newly constructed school building over to Tarlac Vice Governor Enrique Cojuangco, Jr. during a dedication ceremony at Calangitan Elementary School in support of Exericse Balikatan in Capas, Tarlac, Philippines, May 16, 2018. Pharathikoune is the co-commander of the combined joint civil military operations task force, and the commanding officer of 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group. Doss, the site officer in charge, is with 9th ESB, 3rd MLG, and is a 31-year-old native of Prattville, Alabama. 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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