Construction continues at Don Joaquin Artuz Memorial Elementary School [Image 1 of 15]

TAPAZ, PHILIPPINES

04.11.2015

Photo by Chief Petty Officer Lowell Whitman 

Exercise Balikatan       

Armed Forces of the Philippines Army engineers, from the 552nd Engineer Construction Battalion, U.S. Navy Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5, and U.S. Marine engineers from the 9th Engineer Construction Battalion conduct an evening meeting at the Don Joaquin Artuz Memorial Elementary School in Tapaz, Philippines, during Balikatan 2015, April 11. The engineers, part of the Joint Civil-Military Operations Task Force on the island of Panay, are constructing two classrooms at the school. Balikatan, which means “shoulder to shoulder” in Filipino, is an annual bilateral training exercise aimed at improving the ability of Philippine and U.S. military forces to work together during planning, contingency, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Lowell Whitman/Released)

• Date Taken: 04.11.2015
• Date Posted: 04.14.2015 09:42
• Photo ID: 1872516
• VIRIN: 150411-N-HA376-189
• Resolution: 4042x2689
• Size: 1.44 MB
• Location: TAPAZ, PH