Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Connor Burns | USS Boxer (LHD 4) | 04.05.2024
Since the dawn of time, humanity has looked up at the heavens and wondered “what if?” One day in the not-so-far future humanity will make its return to the moon. They will make their first footsteps on Mars where they will look back at Earth and wonder “what now?” The roundtrip to Mars is expected to take around a year and a half. In this time, astronauts will have plenty to keep......
Story by Senior Chief Petty Officer John Scorza | USS Boxer (LHD 4) | 12.12.2023
The Navy has always had a special connection with the boxing world. In fact, Sailors have been boxing aboard U.S. Navy ships for more than 150 years. When it first began, boxing or just plain "slugging" bouts as they use to be called, were often clandestine events held contrary to shipboard regulations and sometimes used as a means of settling personal grievances. These were more often than......
Story by Karli Yeager | Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet | 07.10.2023
Seventeen years and counting: how this BM1’s motivation and unstoppable resiliency inspires not only students but Mariner Skills Training Center as a whole....
Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Bradley Bowers | USS Boxer (LHD 4) | 06.08.2023
Amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) commemorated the 81st anniversary of the landmark U.S. victory during the Battle of Midway by conducting an observance June 3-7....
Story by Grady Fontana | Naval Medical Forces Pacific | 03.15.2023
Members of various commands and amphibious ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) medical department participated in a medical exercise implementing a Casualty Receiving Treatment Ship (CRTS) mission aboard Boxer at Naval Base San Diego, California, March 6-10....
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Justin Rankin | USS Boxer (LHD 4) | 02.11.2021
Capt. Kathleen M. Ellis relieved Capt. R. Dale Heinken as commanding officer of amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) during a change of command ceremony on the flight deck of USS Midway Museum, February 11th....
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Justin Rankin | USS Boxer (LHD 4) | 02.11.2020
USS Boxer (LHD 4) celebrates their 25th anniversary.
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Justin Rankin | USS Boxer (LHD 4) | 10.30.2019
GUAM (Oct. 30, 2019) - USS Boxer (LHD 4) and the embarked 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) arrived at Naval Base Guam for a port visit, Oct. 30....
