U.S. Army Specialist Aleksandr Popov with 176th Engineer

U.S. Army Specialist Aleksandr Popov with 176th Engineer Company (Vertical), 96th Troop Command, Washington Army National Guard, and U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Bennett Russ with 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, check the level of a form before laying concrete during renovation work on Erdmiin Oyun school as part of Exercise Khaan Quest in the Nalaikh District of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, July 24. Khaan Quest is a regularly scheduled multinational exercise co-sponsored this year by U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific, and hosted annually by the Mongolian Armed Forces, designed to promote regional peace and security. Popov is from Bonney Lake, Wash. Russ is from Winston-Salem, N.C.