190321-M-TV413-009 TARLAC, Philippines (March 21, 2019) Seaman William Cox smooths mortar on an exterior wall during an engineering civic action project in San Pedro, Moncada, Tarlac, Philippines, March 21, 2019 as part of Exercise Balikatan 2019. Balikatan is an annual military training exercise hosted by the Philippines between the AFP and U.S. military designed to build U.S. and Philippine defense readiness while strengthening multinational relationships. Cox, a Chicago, Ill. native, is a builder construction-man with Naval Mobile Construction Unit 3. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Timothy Hernandez/Released)