Army 1st Lt. Andrew Baughman of the 6th Engineering

Army 1st Lt. Andrew Baughman of the 6th Engineering Battalion plays basketball with one of the children in Manggahan village. U.S. Army engineers and Philippine Navy Seabees are working together to build a new community center, water cistern and a 900-meter drainage ditch for the local community. The project was one of eight engineering civic action programs (ENCAP) missions being performed by JCMOTF units in support of Exercise Balikatan 2013. Balikatan is an annual Republic of the Philippines U.S. military bilateral training exercise and humanitarian assistance engagement. Balikatan in Filipino means "shoulder-to-shoulder," and characterizes the spirit of the exercise and the Philippines-U.S. alliance.