Key Points and Summary – The eight-ship Wasp-class landing helicopter dock (LHD) succeeded Tarawa as the Navy–Marine Corps sea base for amphibious assault, crisis response, and disaster relief. -At 40 ...

These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world… ...

Participants render salutes during the national anthem as part of a change of command ceremony aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4). (Photo: Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class ...

Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Tyler Pitcock, a native of Zanesville, is serving aboard the USS Boxer (LHD 4). Boxer is a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship currently underway in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area ...

The Navy says a photo posted on social media Thursday likely gave some people the wrong impression that the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer suffered a serious mechanical problem after sailing out of ...

Amphibious assault ship Boxer (LHD 4), Fleet replenishment oiler ship USNS Tippecanoe (T-AO 199) and amphibious transport dock ship John P. Murtha (LPD 26) transit the Strait of Hormuz on Aug. 12.

An AV-8B Harrier II, assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 166 (Reinforced) takes off from the flight deck of amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4). Boxer is the flagship for the ...

PACIFIC OCEAN (Sept. 6, 2013) A CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter prepares to take off from the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4). Boxer is deployed in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility ...

PACIFIC OCEAN (March 28, 2013) An AV-8B Harrier from Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 214 performs a vertical takeoff from the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4). Boxer is ...

A sailor on a ship based in San Diego has tested positive for the coronavirus, U.S. Navy officials said Sunday. The sailor, who has not been identified, is assigned to the USS Boxer (LHD-4), an ...