The mayor of Tapaz municipality, the honorable Rosmarie F. Gardose, visits the Combined-Joint Civil-Military Operations Task Force’s construction site at Don Joaquin Artuz Memorial Elementary School in Tapaz, Philippines, during Balikatan 2015, April 13. The task force, made up of Armed forces of the Philippines Army and U.S. service members, 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)