Marine Lance Cpl. Armando Linares welds a steel beam during an engineering civic assistance project in support of Balikatan 2017 in Guiuan, Eastern Samar, May 11, 2017. Armed Forces of the Philippines and military engineers worked together to build new classrooms for students at Surok Elementary School. Balikatan is an annual bilateral military exercise focused on a variety of missions, including humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, counterterrorism, and other combined military operations. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Markus Cast

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Marine Lance Cpl. Armando Linares welds a steel beam during an engineering civic assistance project in support of Balikatan 2017 in Guiuan, Eastern Samar, May 11, 2017. Armed Forces of the Philippines and military engineers worked together to build new classrooms for students at Surok Elementary School. Balikatan is an annual bilateral military exercise focused on a variety of missions, including humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, counterterrorism, and other combined military operations. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Markus Castaneda)

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