Keywords: US, Philippine service members begin laying foundation for classrooms 150413-N-HA376-643.jpg en U S Marine Master Sgt Leroy Forbes center assigned to the 9th Engineer Support Battalion holds an evening meeting with Armed Forces of the Philippines Army Capt Larry Camacam assigned to the 552nd Engineer Construction Battalion and Lt Drew Moyer assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5 regarding the next day ™s construction plan at Don Joaquin Artuz Elementary School in Tapaz Philippines during Balikatan 2015 April 13 The engineers are part of the Joint Civil-Military Operations Task Force on the island of Panay which is 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 2015-04-13 Chief Petty Officer Lowell Whitman https //www dvidshub net/image/1874073 150413-N-HA376-643 2015-04-15 07 42 TAPAZ PH PD-USGov-Military-Navy Balikatan 2015 Images from DoD uploaded by Fæ |