A combat-readiness patrol and high-sea training taskforce under the South China Sea Fleet of the Navy of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) carried out beach-seizing and landing training in the waters of the South China Sea on March 21, 2012.An amphibious dock landing ship is ferrying across the sea in waves. (chinamil.com.cn/Qian Xiaohu, Song Xin Gao Yi and Gan Jun)