Balikatan 2019: AFP, U.S. Army begin construction project at Pagasa Elementary
The Honorable Efren Pascual Jr., municipal mayor of Orani, Bataan, and 1st Lt. Brendon Cagney, Engineering Civic Action Project 4 officer in charge, exchange pleasantries before the ENCAP 4 opening ceremony at Pagasa Elementary School as part of Exercise Balikatan, March 12, 2019. Exercise Balikatan, in its 35th iteration, is an annual U.S.-Philippine military training exercise focused on a variety of missions, including humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, counterterrorism, and other combined military operations. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Scott Vargas, 128th MPAD)