Sailors aboard the guided-missile frigate Xinyang (Hull 501) lower a rigid-hull inflatable boat (RHIB) with a crane in preparation for a visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) mission during a 4-day round-the-clock maritime training exercise conducted by a frigate flotilla with the navy under the PLA Northern Theater Command in waters of the Yellow Sea from May 8 to 12, 2019. (eng.chinamil.com.cn/Photo by Wang Guangjie, Qie Haitao and Jiao Penghang)