USS Boxer arrives in Middle East waters as tension with Iran continues to rise
WIB frontWIB sea June 25, 2019 Joshua Karsten 0
Thousands of sailors and Marines sailed into 5th Fleet waters Monday as an amphibious assault group led by the USS Boxer deployed to the region, where tensions are flaring between the U.S. and Iran.
The Boxer, which carries the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit and a combat helicopter squadron, was accompanied by the amphibious transport dock, USS John P. Murtha, and the amphibious dock landing ship, USS Harpers Ferry, the Navy said in a statement.
The group replaced another led by the USS Kearsarge, the statement said. The Kearsarge group has been in 5th Fleet waters since April.
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