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Engineers from the North Dakota Army National Guard's 142nd Engineer Battalion and their counterparts from the Armed Forces of the Philippines erect a metal framework at the San Buenaventura School Project site in Luisiana, Laguna, Republic of the Philippines, on Feb. 21, 2005. The project is part of Balikatan 2005, a yearly exercise to improve humanitarian assistance, disaster relief and to promote interoperability between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and United States military.

Engineers from the North Dakota Army National Guard erect a metal framework.

Engineers from the North Dakota Army National Guard's 142nd Engineer Battalion and their counterparts from the Armed Forces of the Philippines erect a metal framework at the San Buenaventura School Project site in Luisiana, Laguna, Republic of the Philippines, on Feb. 21, 2005. The project is part of Balikatan 2005, a yearly exercise to improve humanitarian assistance, disaster relief and to promote interoperability between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and United States military.

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