Training fires up salute-gun soldiers

Squadron members practice precise moves 2,000 times every day

"Go!" At the word of command, Jia Jiang runs 5 meters in exactly five steps to the salute gun, goes down on his knees and loads the 15 kilogram salute shell into the gun barrel with his right arm. The set of movements is finished in three seconds.

Jia, 22, is a member of the national Salute Squadron, a special unit of the Armed Police of China responsible for welcoming foreign leaders with gun salutes.