⚓⚔️ #WarshipOfTheDay: @ussboxer Conducts Sulu Sea Transit 🌏🌊🚢
Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) transits the Sulu Sea.
Boxer, flagship of the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group, is underway with the @pride_of_the_pacific in the @us7thflt area of operations.
📸 MCSA Apprentice Sailor O’Rear
#FreeAndOpenIndoPacific | #Warfighting | #Readiness | #Lethality
Turning Up The Heat! 🔥
Hull Technician 3rd Class Nicholas Lusi, assigned to Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4), brazes a gauge line in the ship’s hull technician shop.
The Sailors working below decks in our repair divisions ensure the BOXARG remains a lethal, agile, and forward-deployed force – anchored by the warrior ethos and ready to defend our nation and its interests at a moment’s notice.
📸MCSA Trace Gorsuch
Fifth-gen power in the heart of the Malacca Strait. ⚡️🛫
A USMC F-35B Lightning II from VMFA-122 lands on the USS Boxer as the 11th MEU remains forward-deployed and mission-ready across the U.S. 7th Fleet. As a persistent and combat-credible force, the Boxer ARG ensures deterrence and rapid crisis response throughout the region. Our presence here is all about one goal: maintaining a free and open Indo-Pacific. 🇺🇸⚓️🦅
#USNavy #F35B #11thMEU #USSBoxer #7thFleet #Marines #IndoPacific #Aviation #AirPower
Send Ropers
Marines and Sailors with the Maritime Raid Force and India Company, 11th MEU, conduct fast-rope training aboard @ussboxer in the Strait of Malacca, May 1, 2026.
The 11th MEU, embarked aboard the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group, is a persistent, combat credible force contributing to deterrence and crisis response in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. U.S. 7th Fleet, the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners to preserve a free and open Indo-Pacific.
📸 Cpl. Oliver Nisbet
Strait to Business
U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 3/5, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, set up a defense of the amphibious task force while transiting the Surigao and Balabac Straits aboard Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4), April 26, 2026.
The 11th MEU, embarked aboard the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group, is a persistent, combat credible force contributing to deterrence and crisis response in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. U.S. 7th Fleet, the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners to preserve a free and open Indo-Pacific.
📸 Sgt. Trent Henry & Sgt. Joby Helms
Clearing the Beach
11th MEU and PHIBRON 1 Marines and Sailors participate in a beach restoration project in Guam following Super Typhoon Sinlaku April 19 & 21.
The 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, embarked aboard the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group, is providing vital defense support to civil authorities, contributing to crisis response and recovery efforts in the wake of Super Typhoon Sinlaku. In supporting FEMA and local governments, the 11th MEU fills critical capability gaps to enable restoration of essential services by civil authorities.
📸 Lance Cpl. Luke Rodriguez & Cpl. Oliver Nisbet
⚓⚔️ #WarshipOfTheDay: @ussboxer ARG Conducts Surigao Straight Transit 🌊🚢🌏
Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) transits the Surigao Strait, April 26, 2026.
Boxer, flagship of the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group, is underway with the @pride_of_the_pacific Marines in the @us7thflt area of operations.
📸 MCSN Dustin Drake
#FreeAndOpenIndoPacific | #Warfighting | #Readiness | #Lethality
⚓⚔️ #WarshipOfTheDay: @ussboxer Conducts CIWS Shoot💥 🔫🚢
Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) fires a Mark 15 Phalanx close-in weapon system during a live-fire exercise, April 10, 2026.
Boxer, flagship of the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group, is underway with the 11th MEU in the @us7thflt area of operations.
📸 MCSA Sailor O’Rear
#FreeAndOpenIndoPacific | #Warfighting | #Readiness | #Lethality
Setting the standard and leading by example!
Aviation Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class Andres Borges-Pena, born in Puerto Rico and raised in Houston, Texas, began his journey in the United States Navy as an undesignated Sailor, following in the footsteps of his father and two of his sisters in their military service. Joining the Navy wasn’t initially what he saw for himself, but after reflecting on his family legacy, he realized how much it meant to continue a lineage of military service.
After two years as a PACT Sailor, Borges-Pena was designated as an ABH and began to train for his newfound role in Pensacola, Florida. After graduation, he checked onboard USS Boxer and quickly climbed to the rank of 2nd Class Petty Officer and was placed in a leadership position as the Assistant Leading Petty Officer (ALPO) of the crash division.
As the crash division ALPO, Borges-Pena is responsible for the safe operation and maintenance of the flight deck firefighting equipment onboard USS Boxer.
ABH2 Borges-Pena is just one example of the excellent leadership at all ranks onboard USS Boxer!
A hand in need. 🤝🏼
#PrideofthePacific Marines deliver food and water on the island of Saipan in the wake of Super Typhoon Sinlaku, April 18 -19, 2026.
The 11th MEU, embarked aboard the @ussboxer Amphibious Ready Group, is providing vital defense support to civil authorities, contributing to crisis response and recovery efforts and filling critical capability gaps to enable restoration of essential services.
📸: Sgt. Joseph Helms, Cpl. Oliver Nisbet and Cpl. Avery Wayland
Providing Aid
A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 163 (Reinforced), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Boxer Amphibious Ready Group, delivered bottled water to the island of Saipan contributing to crisis response and recovery efforts in the wake of Super Typhoon Sinlaku providing vital defense support to civil authorities.
#BlueGreenTeam | #US7thFleet | #DSCA
Ready, Aim, Fire!
Sailors assigned to Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) perform marksmanship training on .50-caliber machine guns.
Boxer, flagship of the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group, is underway with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit in the U.S. 7th Fleet are of operations. U.S. 7th Fleet, the Navy’s largest forward deployed numbered fleet, routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners to preserve a free and open Indo-Pacific.
