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U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Kyle Karanja ties rebar for a concrete pad with the help of Philippine Army Pvt. Oliver Clerigo during Balikatan 2015 at Don Joaquin Artuz Memorial Elementary School in Tapaz, Philippines, April 13, 2015. Karanja is assigned to 9th Engineer Support Battalion and Clerigo is assigned to the Philippine Army Medical Service. The U.S. engineers and U.S. Navy Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5 are part of the Joint Civil-Military Operations Task Force on the island of Panay, where crews are constructing two classrooms at the school. Balikatan, which means “shoulder to shoulder” in Filipino, is an annual training exercise to improve the ability of Philippine and U.S. military forces to work together during planning, contingency, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations.

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Kyle Karanja ties rebar for a concrete pad with the help of Philippine Army Pvt. Oliver Clerigo during Balikatan 2015 at Don Joaquin Artuz Memorial Elementary School in Tapaz, Philippines, April 13, 2015. Karanja is assigned to 9th Engineer Support Battalion and Clerigo is assigned to the Philippine Army Medical Service. The U.S. engineers and U.S. Navy Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5 are part of the Joint Civil-Military Operations Task Force on the island of Panay, where crews are constructing two classrooms at the school. Balikatan, which means “shoulder to shoulder” in Filipino, is an annual training exercise to improve the ability of Philippine and U.S. military forces to work together during planning, contingency, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations.

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Kyle Karanja ties rebar for a concrete pad with the help of Philippine Army Pvt. Oliver Clerigo during Balikatan 2015 at Don Joaquin Artuz Memorial Elementary School in Tapaz, Philippines, April 13, 2015. Karanja is assigned to 9th Engineer Support Battalion and Clerigo is assigned to the Philippine Army Medical Service. The U.S. engineers and U.S. Navy Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5 are part of the Joint Civil-Military Operations Task Force on the island of Panay, where crews are constructing two classrooms at the school. Balikatan, which means “shoulder to shoulder” in Filipino, is an annual training exercise to improve the ability of Philippine and U.S. military forces to work together during planning, contingency, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations.

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