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 ...

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 ...

His coverage focuses on the quality of life for service members in the military and has included reporting that ranged from contaminated water aboard the USS Boxer and a suicide cluster on the USS ...