U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Brook Klahn, right, gives a Balikatan sticker to a boy at an engineering civic assistance project site in support of Balikatan 2017 in Ormoc City, Leyte, May 14, 2017. Philippine and U.S. service members worked together to build new classrooms for students at Don Carlos Elementary School. Balikatan is an annual U.S.-Philippine bilateral military exercise focused on a variety of missions, including humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, counterterrorism, and other combined military operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Peter Reft)
<dl><dd>Unit: U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific</dd>
<dd>DVIDS Tags: engineers; USMC; Philippines; Marine Corps; AFP; Balikatan; 9th ESB; shoulder to shoulder; Philippine Army; 53rd ER; BK17</dd></dl>
Staff Sgt. Peter Reft
Taken on 14 May 2017
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