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March 7, China's Peace keeping troops in Liberia and United Nations military observers conduct patrols on foot and by helicopter in the the Saab National Park .

 

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Female soldiers celebrate the International Women's Day by taking part in a drill on the Yongxing Island, the Xisha Islands on the South China Sea, March 8, 2015. (Xinhua/Zhao Xianghu)

China's first female special troops join Xinjiang border guards. The Snow Eagle troops are trained in urban warfare that involves house-to-house fighting at an army base in Xinjiang on March 12, 2015. (Photo: Xinhua/Zhao Ge)

 

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The People's Liberation Army's Air Force Air Demonstration Team, China's best-known aerobatic team, lands at Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition in Langkawi, Malaysia, on Thursday, March 19, 2015. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

The People's Liberation Army's Air Force Air Demonstration Team, China's best-known aerobatic team, performs at Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition in Langkawi, Malaysia, on Thursday, March 19, 2015. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

 

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Burial ceremony held for remains of 68 Chinese Korean War soldiers...| Xinhuanet ..21 photos

Coffins of 68 Chinese soldiers killed in the 1950-53 Korean War are carried into an underground tomb in a martyrs' cemetery at a burial ceremony in Shenyang, capital of northeast China's Liaoning Province, March 21, 2015. The remains of the 68 Chinese soldiers were returned to China on Friday morning from the Republic of Korea. The Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) fought with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's army in the Korean War against the South Korean army and U.S.-led UN forces. Tens of thousands of CPV soldiers died on the Korean Peninsula during the war, which ended in an armistice in 1953. (Xinhua/Yang Qing)

Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) Veterans pay their respects for their dead comrades at a ceremony to bury remains of 68 Chinese soldiers killed in the 1950-53 Korean War in a martyrs' cemetery in Shenyang, capital of northeast China's Liaoning Province, March 21, 2015.

A pupil and a Chinese People's Volunteer(CPV) veteran present flowers to a wall carved with names of Chinese soldiers killed in the 1950-53 Korean War in a martyrs' cemetery at a burial ceremony in Shenyang, capital of northeast China's Liaoning Province, March 21, 2015.

A ceremony to bury remains of 68 Chinese soldiers killed in the 1950-53 Korean War is held in a martyrs' cemetery in Shenyang, capital of northeast China's Liaoning Province, March 21, 2015.

 

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China...The Peoples Armed Police in southeast China's Fujian Province conduct drill for anti-hijacking on March 22, 2015. (Xinhua photo)

 

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03.30.2015....China's PLA PLZ-83 with a 152 mm gun self-propelled howitzer on display.

 

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Chinese citizens get on the navy frigate to leaves al-Hodayda port in western Yemen, on March 30, 2015. Four hundred and forty-nine Chinese nationals left the Yemeni coastal city of Al-Hodayda on Monday aboard a Chinese navy frigate.On Sunday, 122 other Chinese nationals were evacuated from the Yemeni city of Aden and have already arrived in Djibouti. (Xinhua/Hani Ali)

A crew member guides a girl to board a Chinese navy vessel in Aden Harbor, Yemen, March 29, 2015. China is withdrawing hundreds of citizens from Yemen with the help of Chinese warships, Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Hua Chunying said Monday. Hua told a daily press briefing that China has already moved 122 citizens from Yemen to Djibouti. (Xinhua/Xiong Libing)

Chinese citizens queue up to board a Chinese navy vessel in Aden Harbor, Yemen, March 29, 2015. China is withdrawing hundreds of citizens from Yemen with the help of Chinese warships, Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Hua Chunying said Monday. Hua told a daily press briefing that China has already moved 122 citizens from Yemen to Djibouti. (Xinhua/Xiong Libing)

A Chinese citizen goes through security check before boarding a Chinese navy vessel in Aden Harbor, Yemen, March 29, 2015

A crew member guards near a Chinese navy vessel in Aden Harbor, Yemen, March 29, 2015.

Chinese navy frigate carrying Chinese citizens leaves al-Hodayda port in western Yemen, on March 30, 2015.

 

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Soldiers of the Chinese People's Armed Police Force take part in a drill at a forest in east China's Anhui Province April 7, 2015. (Xinhua/Xu Wei)

PLA soldiers conducts training with the new Type 05 rifles

 

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A trainer holds a newborn puppy at a police dog training base in Hohhot, capital of north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, April 14, 2015. There are over 130 dogs and 16 trainers at the police dog training base of the Public Security Department of Inner Mongolia. 30 of the dogs at the base can perform tasks like drug searching and explosive safety inspection. Each of the trainer trains dogs for four hours everyday, and other time they feed them, play with them to build up relationships with the dogs. (Xinhua/Shao Kun)

Trainer Bao Qiandong trains a police dog named Lady in obstacle jump at a police dog training base in Hohhot, capital of north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, April 14, 2015.

Trainer Wang Lan trains a police dog named Doudou in obstacle jump at a police dog training base in Hohhot, capital of north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, April 14, 2015.

A trainer trains a police dog in attacking at a police dog training base in Hohhot, capital of north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, April 14, 2015.

Trainers and dogs patrol in the city of Hohhot, capital of north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, April 14, 2015.

A trainer gives food & water to a dogs at a police dog training base in Hohhot, capital of north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, April 14, 2015.

 

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04.19.2015..Chinese Naval Escort Fleet(PLAN) conducts anti-piracy exercises in the Gulf of Aden.

 

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PLA Soldiers (Peoples Armed Police...border police) attend a drill in the border city of Jeminay, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, April 24, 2015. Soldiers of the Jeminary frontier defense and inspection station on Friday took part in a drill in a desert on a sweltering hot day. (Xinhua/Zhao Ge)

 

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April 26..at an airport on a snow-covered plateau, Su-27UBK trainers conduct air-combat training. (Chen Qingshun)

 

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Soldiers walk to board a train at Lanzhou West Railway Station in Lanzhou, northwest China's Gansu Province, April 27, 2015. A team of 61 engineering soldiers have been dispatched from Lanzhou to the disaster areas in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region for rescue work in regions affected by the massive earthquake that struck Nepal on Saturday, authorities said Monday. (Xinhua/Chen Bin)

Soldiers carry supplies and equipment to board a train at Lanzhou West Railway Station in Lanzhou, northwest China's Gansu Province, April 27, 2015

Soldiers unload relief materials from a military helicopter in Gyirong Town of Gyirong County in Xigaze City, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, April 27, 2015. Nine helicopters sent by the Chengdu Military Area Command have arrived in quake-hit Xigaze for relief work following Saturday's earthquake. (Xinhua/Liu Kun)

Soldiers transfer an injured resident to a military helicopter in Gyirong Town of Gyirong County in Xigaze City, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, April 27, 2015.

Officers and soldiers prepare to board an IL-76 aircraft at an airport before departing for earthquake-stricken Nepal in Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province, April 27, 2015. An 8.1-magnitude quake shook Nepal at 2:11 p.m. (Beijing Time), killing more than 2,000 people and injuring another 5,460 in Nepal. The quake also affected the southwestern part of China's Tibet. Some 24,800 people have been relocated in Xigaze City. (Xinhua/Zhao Xiaorong)

 

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The guard of honor of the three services of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) take part in the military parade marking the 70th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War in Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2015. (Xinhua/Pavel Bednyakov)

 

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About 200 sharpshooters from different units of the armed police force in the city attend a shooting contest in southwest China's Chongqing on May 12 to May 15, 2015. The contestants fulfilled shooting tasks in a series of scenarios, displaying their excellent combat ability. (Photo source: cnr.cn)

 

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Soldiers set up a temporary hospital in a joint military exercise in Shijiazhuang, capital city of north China's Hebei Province, May 26, 2015. The military exercise, organized by the Logistics Academy of People's Liberation Army and an air defence brigade of the 27th army in Beijing military region, aimed at offering logistics supports during air defence combats. (Xinhua/Liu Lianfen)

Soldiers help transfer the "injured" in a joint military exercise in Shijiazhuang, capital city of north China's Hebei Province, May 26, 2015.

Soldiers participate in a joint military exercise in Shijiazhuang, capital city of north China's Hebei Province, May 26, 2015.

 

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A Dolphin Z-9 helicopter of China's Navy missile frigate CNS Yulin flies off the deck of Singapore's Navy missile frigate RSS Intrepid during the "Exercise Maritime Cooperation 2015", May 25, 2015. The Singapore and Chinese navies on Monday concluded the inaugural Exercise Maritime Cooperation 2015. Chinese missile frigate Yulin, Singapore's Formidable-class frigate (RSS Intrepid) and Victory-class missile corvette (RSS Valiant) participated in the bilateral maritime exercise. (Xinhua/Then Chih Wey)

Soldiers of Chinese Navy conduct communication exercise on frigate Yulin during the "Exercise Maritime Cooperation 2015", May 24, 2015.

Sailors and officers of Singapore Navy wave to the departing China's Navy missile frigate Yulin after the "Exercise Maritime Cooperation 2015", May 25, 2015.

Sailors of China's Navy missile frigate Yulin wave to Singapore's Formidable-class frigate after the "Exercise Maritime Cooperation 2015", May 25, 2015.

Photo taken on May 24, 2015 shows anti-surface gunnery firing by China's Navy missile frigate Yulin during the "Exercise Maritime Cooperation 2015".

 

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Special Police try a multi-functional support for the QSZ-92 pistol in Urumqi city, capital of Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, June 9, 2015. The newly developed gun support, made of high-strength composite, can improve the precision and stability of the semi-automatic QSZ-92 pistol. (Photo: China News Service/Liu Xin)

 

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June 12 2015, the aircraft carrier Liaoning departs Qingdao and heads to sea for training

 

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The first step in becoming a soldier

Editor's note: The first thing a soldier has to learn is how to stand like a soldier. When a new recruit is first assigned to a battalion, he has to learn the posture of a soldier because that posture is the mother of all other military actions. This posture isn’t always easy for everyone to learn. Soldiers’ caps, sticks, tacks, bricks and mirrors can all be used to help soldiers correct the positions of their bodies, waists and heads. After a soldier has gone through all the hard work of learning to stand like a soldier, he will be able to demonstrate a soldier's strength and masculinity in every move he makes and will more deeply understand the heavy responsibilities of a soldier.

If you don't keep your head in the right position, thumb tacks might be stuck in your collar to correct your pose. [Photo by Chu Fuchao / www.chinamil.com.cn]

Bricks are placed on top of soldiers’ caps to train them to be as still as a statue. [Photo by Li Huashi / www.chinamil.com.cn]

Canteens and caps are all used to help train the soldiers. [Photo by Li Huashi / www.chinamil.com.cn]

A cap is placed like this on soldiers’ heads to help them train their spirits and shape their bodies into the stance of a soldier. There's no place for slouching men in the army. [Photo by Ye Yong, Peng Ze'en / www.chinamil.com.cn]

Adding one more cap to a soldier’s head makes standing still even more difficult. [Photo by Ye Yong, Peng Ze'en / www.chinamil.com.cn]

Playing cards are used to keep their heads up and their chests up! [Photo by Ye Yong, Peng Ze'en / www.chinamil.com.cn]

The middle fingers of a soldier’s hands must be pressed tightly against the seam of his trousers, and he must keep all five fingers on his hand straight. When a playing card is placed under a soldier’s fingers, the card should be held in place without slipping. [Photo by Chu Fuchao / www.chinamil.com.cn]

Soldiers use cords to learn how to hold their firearms properly. [Photo by Li Huashi / www.chinamil.com.cn]

This is the secret behind Chinese soldiers’ beautiful and awe-inspiring goose steps. [Photo by Ye Yong, Peng Ze'en / www.chinamil.com.cn]

After going through this tough and strict training, Chinese soldiers can march and stand proudly and powerfully. [Photo by Li Huashi / www.chinamil.com.cn]

The piercing look in this soldier’s eye is the result of paying attention to every tiny detail of his posture. [Photo by Sun Zhongyi / www.chinamil.com.cn]