Philippine and service members present backpacks to excited children during a community relations event in support of Balikatan 2017 at Margen Elementary School in Ormoc, Leyte, May 2, 2017. military and Armed Forces of the Philippines service members hosted a community event for Ormoc City residents and closed with a community building event to boost camaraderie. Balikatan is an annual bilateral military exercise focused on a variety of missions, including humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, counterterrorism, and other combined military operations.

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