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Philippine Army Lt. Col. Alexander Salgado, left, speaks with U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Catherine Eyrich at Don Joaquin Artuz Memorial Elementary School during exercise Balikatan 2015 in Tapaz, Philippines, April 12, 2015. Eyrich is commander of the Combined-Joint Civil-Military Operations Task Force on Panay.

Philippine Army Lt. Col. Alexander Salgado, left, speaks with U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Catherine Eyrich at Don Joaquin Artuz Memorial Elementary School during exercise Balikatan 2015 in Tapaz, Philippines, April 12, 2015. Eyrich is commander of the Combined-Joint Civil-Military Operations Task Force on Panay.

Philippine Army Lt. Col. Alexander Salgado, left, speaks with U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Catherine Eyrich at Don Joaquin Artuz Memorial Elementary School during exercise Balikatan 2015 in Tapaz, Philippines, April 12, 2015. Eyrich is commander of the Combined-Joint Civil-Military Operations Task Force on Panay.

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