A boy plays volleyball with U.S. Sailors assigned to the Health Support Service Platoon, Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit at AboAbo Elementary School in Palawan, Philippines, Oct. 25, 2011. The children were preparing for an upcoming regional volleyball meet. U.S. and Philippine marines and sailors helped paint the main school building and handed out school and sports equipment during a community relations project for Amphibious Landing Exercise (PHIBLEX) 2012. PHIBLEX is a bilateral training exercise designed to improve the interoperability, readiness and professional relationships between the U.S. Marine Corps and partner nations.