US, Philippine Armed Forces build schools in the Philippines [Image 10 of 21]

TAPAZ, PHILIPPINES

04.15.2015

Photo by Chief Petty Officer Lowell Whitman 

U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific

U.S. Navy Builder 3rd Class Mishonne Ellington, center, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5, stands shoulder-to- shoulder in formation with Armed Forces of the Philippines Army engineers, assigned to the 552nd Engineer Construction Battalion, during an all hands call with Capt. James G. Meyer, Combined-Joint Civil-Military Operations Task Force commander for Balikatan 2015, at Don Joaquin Artuz Memorial Elementary School in Tapaz, Philippines, during the exercise, April 16. The engineers, along with U.S. Marines from the 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 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: 04.15.2015
• Date Posted: 04.19.2015 09:39
• Photo ID: 1883080
• VIRIN: 150416-N-HA376-310
• Resolution: 4256x2832
• Size: 1.38 MB
• Location: TAPAZ, PH