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U.S. Navy Seabees and Philippine marines work together to build a new school in the village of Taglibi on Jolo Island, Philippines, during exercise Balikatan 2007 on Feb. 20, 2007. The annual bilateral exercise is designed to improve interoperability between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the United States military during humanitarian, medical and engineering missions. The Seabees are attached to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 3 and the Philippine marines are from the 5th Marine Battalion.

U.S. Navy Seabees and Philippine marines work together to build a new school.

U.S. Navy Seabees and Philippine marines work together to build a new school in the village of Taglibi on Jolo Island, Philippines, during exercise Balikatan 2007 on Feb. 20, 2007. The annual bilateral exercise is designed to improve interoperability between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the United States military during humanitarian, medical and engineering missions. The Seabees are attached to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 3 and the Philippine marines are from the 5th Marine Battalion.

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