RP Seabees and US Marine combat engineers pour concrete at Rabanes Elementary School

Philippine Seabees from the 3rd Naval Construction Battalion and Marines from the 9th Engineer Support Battalion place a four-inch concrete pad over an existing pad to raise the foundation above the waterline to prevent future flooding at the Rabanes Elementary School. This engineering civic action project (ENCAP) is one of eight being performed by Combined/Joint Civil Military Operations Task Force units in support of exercise Balikatan 2013. Balikatan 2013 is an annual Philippine-U.S. bilateral exercise. Humanitarian assistance and training activities enable the Philippine and American service members to build lasting relationships, train together and provide assistance in communities where the need is the greatest. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Cmdr. Jennifer Almy/Released)