120917-N-YF306-006 GULF OF ADEN (Sept. 17, 2012) The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (Navy) frigate Yi Yang (FF 548) transits the Gulf of Aden prior to conducting a bilateral counter-piracy exercise with 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 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts and support missions for Operation Endur

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120917-N-YF306-006 GULF OF ADEN (Sept. 17, 2012) The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (Navy) frigate Yi Yang (FF 548) transits the Gulf of Aden prior to conducting a bilateral counter-piracy exercise with 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 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts and support missions for Operation Enduring Freedom. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Aaron Chase/Released) PLAN frigate Yi Yang (FF 548)

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