# PLA%20Navy
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China’s New 054B Frigate Marks First Year of Operational Integration for a More Networked Navy
The PLA Navy’s first 054B frigate, Luohe (545), has completed its first year of service after commissioning in January 2025, conducting repeated live-fire drills and routine at-sea training. The class is intended to enhance early warning, information processing and integrated combat functions, making it a force-multiplier within fleet networks rather than a standalone game-changer.
One Year In: China’s Luohe Warship Moves from Commissioning to Yellow Sea Readiness Drills
China’s warship Luohe has completed its first year in service, conducting multi-discipline training in the Yellow Sea in March 2025 and departing again for new-year military training assessments. The activity reflects the PLA Navy’s focus on turning new hulls into operational units and signals a steady intensification of naval presence in a strategically sensitive area.
Eastern Theater Navy Begins Intensive Training for Squad and Station Leaders to Harden Frontline Command
An Eastern Theater Navy brigade has begun institutionalized training for squad and station leaders to strengthen political reliability and small-unit capabilities. The program mixes ideological instruction and practical exercises and will be expanded into a regular mechanism to raise frontline leadership across the unit.