<p>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
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