The special force squad from the PLA Navy destroyer Haikou carries out a simulated rescue mission during the 2014 Rim of the Pacific naval exercise. (HU KAIBING/FOR CHINA DAILY)
Two fighter jets from the PLA Navy prepare for aerial refueling from a tanker aircraft on July 28, 2014. (WU CHUANJUN/FOR CHINA DAILY)
Ships from China moor at a port in Zhanjiang during the ASEAN-China Maritime Exercise-2018, Oct. 24, 2018. (Zhou Qiqing/Asianewsphoto)
A PLA Navy carrier battle group sails in formation. (MO XIAOLIANG/FOR CHINA DAILY)
Members of the special forces team of the sixth Chinese escort navy fleet undergo training. (Zhong Kuirun/Asianewsphoto)
Soldiers improvise their own "bowling" game on one of the Xisha Islands in the South China Sea. (YAN CHEN/FOR CHINA DAILY)
A helicopter and a submarine from a submarine division of the PLA Navy's South Sea Fleet participate in an exercise. (ZHOU YANCHENG/FOR CHINA DAILY)
Special forces teams from China and Russia participate in a joint action exercise during the "Joint Sea-2015 (I)" naval drill. (Xiong Libing/Asianewsphoto)
The PLA Navy hospital ship Peace Ark to the Philippines berthes at Leyte Gulf in the Philippines on a relief mission, Nov 29, 2013. (Ju Zhenhua/Asianewsphoto)
Crew members of a supply ship deliver food to a Navy warship. (LI TANG/FOR CHINA DAILY)
Chinese Navy soldiers interact with a girl at an orphanage during the PLA Navy Fleet 152's visit to Sudan on Aug. 27, 2015. CHINA DAILY
Members of a PLA Navy special forces team search a boat of suspected pirates in the Gulf of Aden. (CAO HAIHUA/FOR CHINA DAILY)
Ritchel Brogous, 29, and her daughter Jhasmen, 9, receive treatment from a doctor on the PLA Navy hospital ship Peace Ark in the Philippines. (JU ZHENHUA/FOR CHINA DAILY)
