Ensign Whitney Steiger, assigned to the amphibious dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry LSD 49, paints the base of a flagpole during a community service project at West Central Elementary School. Harpers Ferry, the amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga LSD 46 and the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit are participating in Amphibious Landing Exercise PHIBLEX 2009. PHIBLEX is designed to improve interoperability, increase readiness and develop professional relationships between the U.S. military and the Armed Forces of the Philippines.