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GULF OF ADEN (Sept. 17, 2012) A visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS)
team member from the Chinese People's Liberation Army (Navy) frigate Yi
Yang (FF 548) boards a rigid-hull inflatable boat after completing a
bilateral counter-piracy exercise aboard the guided-missile destroyer
USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81). The focus of the exercise was
American and Chinese naval cooperation in detecting, boarding, and
searching suspected pirated vessels. Winston S. Churchill is deployed to
the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security
operations, theater security cooperation efforts and support missions
for Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication
Specialist 2nd Class Aaron Chase/Released)
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