Women empowered by PLA careers

Crew members say experience has given them sense of pride

Editor's note: Navy warships from the People's Liberation Army are engaged in a long-distance training mission in the Pacific and Indian oceans. China Daily reporter Zhao Lei brings fresh stories about the training from the amphibious landing craft Changbaishan.

A sailor's life on the ocean waves was once beyond the wildest dreams of women like Alimra Jumadel, who comes from a small city on the China-Kazakhstan border.