Keywords: PHL, U.S. strengthen bonds together 150410-N-HA376-198.jpg en Armed Forces of the Philippines Army Sgt Michael Bofill assigned to the 552nd Engineer Construction Battalion holds a measurement stick to help level select aggregate for a concrete pad along with U S Marine engineers assigned to the 9th Engineer Support Battalion and U S Navy Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5 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 2015-04-11 Chief Petty Officer Lowell Whitman https //www dvidshub net/image/1875903 150410-N-HA376-198 2015-04-16 01 11 TAPAZ PH PD-USGov-Military-Navy Balikatan 2015 United States Navy Seabees Images from DoD uploaded by Fæ |