PHL, U.S. strengthen bonds together [Image 10 of 10]

TAPAZ, PHILIPPINES

04.11.2015

Photo by Chief Petty Officer Lowell Whitman 

U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific

Armed Forces of the Philippines Army engineers, from the 552nd Engineer Construction Battalion, U.S. Marine engineers, assigned to the 9th Engineer Support Battalion, and U.S. Navy Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5, level select aggregate and move dirt for a concrete pad at Don Joaquin Artuz Memorial Elementary School in Tapaz, Philippines, during Balikatan 2015, April 11. The engineers are part of the Joint Civil-Military Operations Task Force on the island of Panay 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: 04.16.2015 01:51
• Photo ID: 1875905
• VIRIN: 150410-N-HA376-309
• Resolution: 3759x2501
• Size: 1.26 MB
• Location: TAPAZ, PH