Royal Australian Air Force Flight Lt. Rafael Abboud, center, speaks with Marine Corps Sgt. Kevin Alberto, left, and Sgt. Andreas Garcia, right, during construction in support of Exercise Balikatan at Calangitan Elementary School in Capas, Tarlac, Philippines. Abboud is a chaplain with 26th Squadron, and is a 36-year-old native of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. Alberto and Garcia are combat engineers with 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, and are 22 and 23-year-old natives of Atlantic City, , and Chicago, Illinois, respectively. Exercise Balikatan, in
Royal Australian Air Force Flight Lt. Rafael Abboud, center, speaks with Marine Corps Sgt. Kevin Alberto, left, and Sgt. Andreas Garcia, right, during construction in support of Exercise Balikatan at Calangitan Elementary School in Capas, Tarlac, Philippines. Abboud is a chaplain with 26th Squadron, and is a 36-year-old native of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. Alberto and Garcia are combat engineers with 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, and are 22 and 23-year-old natives of Atlantic City, , and Chicago, Illinois, respectively. 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. ( Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Matthew J. Bragg)
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