The Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Boxer celebrates 30 years of remarkable service and history. Past and present crew ...

The Boxer was accompanied by the amphibious transport dock shop USS Somerset and dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry, both of which returned earlier to San Diego. “Together, the entire 15th MEU ...

USS Boxer also worked with allies from Japan and New Zealand during the deployment. In September, they sailed alongside the JS Kongo, a guided-missile destroyer from Japan's Maritime Self-Defense ...

Wall Street Journal reporter Rory Jones was aboard the USS Boxer in the hours before the US amphibious flattop downed an Iranian drone and recounted a series of tense encounters that led up to the ...

The USS Boxer destroyed an Iranian drone that had come within "threatening" range as the amphibious assault ship sailed through the Strait of Hormuz, US officials said. "The drone was immediately ...

Barely clothed Marines huddled exhausted next to their coffin-style bunks stacked to the ceiling below deck on the USS Boxer after midnight in March 2016. They were extremely tired after a long ...

The sailor had been assigned to the USS Boxer, the Navy said. A U.S. official, however, said the ship was in port, a substantially less risky situation than being under way at sea. It was not ...

He said the USS Boxer downed the drone over the Strait of Hormuz - a strategic sea passage in the Gulf - after it came within 1,000 yards (914m) of the ship. In June, Iran shot down a US military ...

U.S. Marines assigned to Reconnaissance Company, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, fast-rope from a UH-1Y Venom attached to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 165 (Reinforced), 15th MEU, onto the ...