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Chief Petty Officer Joshua Rosario, a hospital corpsman chief with Combat Logistics Battalion 31 (CLB-31), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), positions students with Marnay Primary School for a group photo, March 5. Marines and sailors with CLB-31 are rebuilding a two-room classroom at Marnay Primary School during exercise Balikatan 2010 (BK ’10). Servicemembers from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the U.S. are working together during BK ’10 to hone their civil-military interoperability skills to ensure more responsive, efficient and effective relief efforts. (Official Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Dengrier M. Baez)::r::::n:: - Chief Petty Officer Joshua Rosario, a hospital corpsman chief with Combat Logistics Battalion 31 (CLB-31), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), positions students with Marnay Primary School for a group photo, March 5. Marines and sailors with CLB-31 are rebuilding a two-room classroom at Marnay Primary School during exercise Balikatan 2010 (BK ’10). Servicemembers from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the U.S. are working together during BK ’10 to hone their civil-military interoperability skills to ensure more responsive, efficient and effective relief efforts. (Official Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Dengrier M. Baez)::r::::n::

Lance Cpl. Zachary Norton, a motor transport mechanic with Combat Logistics Battalion 31 (CLB-31), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), welds the hinge of a gate during a gate repair, March 11. The MEU is currently participating in Exercise Balikatan 2010 (BK ’10). Servicemembers from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the 31st MEU are training together during BK ’10 to hone their civil-military interoperability skills to ensure more responsive, efficient and effective relief efforts. (Official Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Michael A. Bianco) - Lance Cpl. Zachary Norton, a motor transport mechanic with Combat Logistics Battalion 31 (CLB-31), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), welds the hinge of a gate during a gate repair, March 11. The MEU is currently participating in Exercise Balikatan 2010 (BK ’10). Servicemembers from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the 31st MEU are training together during BK ’10 to hone their civil-military interoperability skills to ensure more responsive, efficient and effective relief efforts. (Official Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Michael A. Bianco)

Petty Officer 2nd Class Jamal Jones, corpsman with Combat Logistics Battalion 31 (CLB-31), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), stitches a gash on a Filipino boys head during a medical civil action project (MEDCAP) at San Juan Elementary School. The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) is operating with the forward-deployed Essex Amphibious Ready Group as part of exercise Balikatan 2010, an annual bilateral exercise designed to improve interoperability between the U.S. and Republic of the Philippines. (U.S. Navy Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Andrew Smith) - Petty Officer 2nd Class Jamal Jones, corpsman with Combat Logistics Battalion 31 (CLB-31), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), stitches a gash on a Filipino boys head during a medical civil action project (MEDCAP) at San Juan Elementary School. The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) is operating with the forward-deployed Essex Amphibious Ready Group as part of exercise Balikatan 2010, an annual bilateral exercise designed to improve interoperability between the U.S. and Republic of the Philippines. (U.S. Navy Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Andrew Smith)

Maj. Niel Estrella, a civil military operations officer with the Philippine Marines Corps, and Capt. Richard McKenzie, an assistant operations officer with Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines (BLT 2/7), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), discuss information about a landing craft unit (LCU), in the well deck aboard the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2), March 1. The MEU recently completed Exercise Cobra Gold 2010 (CG ’10) and is currently scheduled to go underway to the Republic of the Philippines in support of Exercise Balikatan 2010 (BK ’10). (Official Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Dengrier M. Baez) - Maj. Niel Estrella, a civil military operations officer with the Philippine Marines Corps, and Capt. Richard McKenzie, an assistant operations officer with Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines (BLT 2/7), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), discuss information about a landing craft unit (LCU), in the well deck aboard the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2), March 1. The MEU recently completed Exercise Cobra Gold 2010 (CG ’10) and is currently scheduled to go underway to the Republic of the Philippines in support of Exercise Balikatan 2010 (BK ’10). (Official Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Dengrier M. Baez)