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16 May 2013..China's Peoples Liberation Army 1st female special operation company conducts parachute training.
The People's Liberation Army (PLA) Chengdu Military Area Command has dispatched helicopters to help with relief work in Wenchuan County which has been affected by flooding. An aviation unit dispatched three helicopters with 19 relief workers and 7.5 tonnes of materials in 12 flights to Caopo Township of Wenchuan County, which suffered downpours and mud-rock flows, according to the area command. (Xinhua/Wu Tailiang)
Soldiers, relief workers and local citizens unload disaster-relief supplies from a helicopter in Caopo Township of Wenchuan County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, July 16, 2013.
Relief workers transfer an injured child to a helicopter in Caopo Township of Wenchuan County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, July 16, 2013.
Soldiers transfer an injured person to a helicopter in Caopo Township of Wenchuan County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, July 16, 2013.
China's PLA special forces participated in a military skills contest in Beijing on July 16th 2013. [Photo/Xinhua]