Keywords: Chinese boarding party on a joint exercise -c.jpg GULF OF ADEN Sept 17 2012 Ship ™s Serviceman Seaman Qing Su right from New York translates for a U S-China combined visit board search and seizure VBSS team comprising sailors from the guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S Churchill DDG 81 and the Chinese People ™s Liberation Army Navy frigate Yi Yang FF 548 during a bilateral counterpiracy exercise 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 120917-N-YF306-255 Join the conversation http //www facebook com/USNavy www facebook com/USNavy http //www twitter com/USNavy www twitter com/USNavy navylive dodlive mil http //www flickr com/photos/usnavy/8002847315/ Sailor translates to Chinese personnel 2012-09-17 08 05 http //www flickr com/people/56594044 N06 Official Navy Page from United States of America Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class SW Aaron Chase/U S Navy U S Navy photo PD-USGov-Military-Navy Official U S Navy Imagery http //flickr com/photos/56594044 N06/8002847315 2012-09-19 17 50 37 cc-by-2 0 Navy of China USS Winston S Churchill DDG-81 Boarding parties |