Philippine Army Sgt. Marcos Mendoza, right, and Japan

Philippine Army Sgt. Marcos Mendoza, right, and Japan Ground-Self Defense Force engineers add finishing touches to the school building at Cabu Elementary School for Exercise Balikatan in Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija, Philippines, May 10, 2018. Mendoza is an engineer with 301st Community Defense Center Arescon, 3rd Regional Community Defense Group, and is a 53-year-old native of Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija, Philippines. Exercise Balikatan, in its 34th 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 held from May 7 to 18. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Matthew J. Bragg)