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A U.S. Marine, right, uses a power saw while a Philippine navy seabee holds the board steady during the construction of a building at Santa Cruz Elementary School as part of Exercise Balikatan 2012 in Palawan province, Philippines, March 22, 2012. Exercise Balikatan 2012 is an annual combined joint training exercise aimed at improving U.S. and Philippine military force interoperability during planning, combat readiness, and humanitarian assistance operations.

BALIKATAN 2012

A U.S. Marine, right, uses a power saw while a Philippine navy seabee holds the board steady during the construction of a building at Santa Cruz Elementary School as part of Exercise Balikatan 2012 in Palawan province, Philippines, March 22, 2012. Exercise Balikatan 2012 is an annual combined joint training exercise aimed at improving U.S. and Philippine military force interoperability during planning, combat readiness, and humanitarian assistance operations.

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