MARINE CORPS BASE TERNATE, BARANGAY SAPANG TERNATE, CAVITE, Philippines (Aug. 5, 2005) -- More than 50 Marines deployed in support of Philippine Interoperability Exercise 2005 turned a dirt path into a durable gravel road during a bilateral relations project June 28 to July 16. Marines from Engineer Support Company reinforced, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Force Service Support Group, built up the kilometer-long path leading to the Naval Reserve Command Training Center. Marines repaired existing water drainage systems and created new ones where necessary. “The previous road that was basically a mud path,” said Sgt. Chris Eastman, project senior combat...