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The two dry docks large enough to accommodate a big deck amphibious warship in San Diego, Calif., are currently occupied, complicating the repairs of USS Boxer (LHD-4), USNI News has learned. Boxer came back into port last week with one of its rudders damaged after leaving earlier this month on deployment. As of Friday, the Navy was assessing how to repair the rudder to allow the 45,000-ton capital ship to return to sea, a service official told USNI News. The service would prefer to fix the rudder underwater with the understanding that the replacement repair could take up to two...

..US Navy having problems...lack of dry dock space...repair...USS Boxer... University of Southern California cancelling outside speakers and honorees at its main graduation... A Ukrainian drone attack killing two... In the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific the vote count... North Korea claiming new weapons tests... Tonight an Israeli air strike on an Iraqi base... trial involving President Donald Trump four alternate jurors are now selected...outside the court a man set himself on fire... US is withdrawing troops in the African nation of Niger.. commander of the air force in the African nation of Chad demanding the shutdown of a US...

That’s taking time when they go in for their upgrades, and that’s taking a little bit longer than expected.. We have been documenting the U.S. Navy’s troubles with one of its premier amphibious assault ships, USS Boxer (LHD-4). This Wasp-Class ship, per the Navy’s description, is “[t]he largest of all amphibious warfare ships [and] resembles a small aircraft carrier.” It is capable of Vertical/Short Take-Off and Landing (V/STOL) fighter jet operations, meaning that because Boxer does not have launch catapults, it can’t launch classic aircraft carrier fighter jets like the F/A-18, but it can launch the venerable Harrier jump jet...

In Israel today hundreds of Jewish residents storming into a Palestinian village killing one... A federal judge denying Hunter Biden's motion to dismiss... After many weeks of talk a transitional council for Haiti ... The Democrat Governor of Kansas Laura Kelly vetoing legislation stopping gender changing medical treatments... Israeli politics...latest "Lazar" poll... "This is a sad day for America" Congressman Thomas Massie Reacts...Speaker Mike Johnson breaking a 212-212 tie... President Donald Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson each expressing support for the other... Trump supportive of the notion that more aid to Ukraine is going to be a "loan"... A barrage...

USS Boxer Downs Iranian Drone in ‘Defensive Action’ By: Sam LaGrone July 18, 2019 4:00 PM • Updated: July 19, 2019 6:29 AM This post has been updated with additional details on the downing of the Iranian drone. Amphibious warship USS Boxer (LHD-4) took down an Iranian drone that U.S. officials say threatened the ship as it entered the Persian Gulf on Thursday. At about 10 a.m. local time, Boxer was transiting Strait of Hormuz when an Iranian fixed-wing drone approached the ship, a defense official told USNI News. “A fixed-wing unmanned aerial system (UAS) approached Boxer and closed within...

The U.S. military shot down an Iranian drone threatening U.S. ships in the Strait of Hormuz. The United States took action on Thursday amid escalating tensions with the Middle East country. President Trump announced the event at a press conference soon after it happened. Iran has not yet responded. "[The USS Boxer] took defensive action against an Iranian drone," Trump said. "It was threatening the ship and the ship's crew. The drone was immediately destroyed."

First, I'm not sure this is true, but there is this story brewing out there that these (possibly three) Navy ships were quarantined AFTER getting the swine flu shot and that a Captain & Chief Petty Officer died from the shot itself. I sure hope it is not true for thier sakes .. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/07/21/health/main5177494.shtmlhttp://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/forum.cgi?read=156081http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread503741/pg1

The crew of a naval vessel was vaccinated with H1N1 vaccine in order to “see what happens”. Well, what happened was that the Captain and the Chief Petty Officer died. Worse than that, it has become clear (yet again) that the vaccine actually CAUSES swine flu. If you choose to give either yourself or your kids a swine flu vaccine, you need your head examined. Here is the testimony from Navy wives of the affected crew via the internet radio show A Marines Disquisition, with Drew Raines. http://www.clipser.com/watch_video/1362067 : Ignore at your own peril. After the testimony is the actual...

I read much saber rattling concerning the current hostage crises.Remember, a Destroyer or Frigate only have the capability to sink ships and submarines...and to shoot planes and missile out of the sky.They do not have SEAL teams...nor even snipers...onboard. They have the ship's weapons and small arms, usually shotguns and pistols.Until the USS Boxer arrives on the scene, the Navy does not have the ability to even ATTEMPT a rescue.However, I'm pretty darn sure that lifeboat will not reach the beach, no matter what...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Navy is moving a huge amphibious ship closer to the scene of the pirate hostage standoff off Somalia. Defense officials say the USS Boxer will be nearby soon. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss sensitive ship movements. The Boxer is the flag ship for a multination anti-piracy task force. The Boxer resembles a small aircraft carrier. It has a crew of more than 1,000, a mobile hospital, missile launchers and about two dozen helicopters and attack planes. Two other Navy ships are expected to remain much closer to...

1783 - USS Alliance defeats HMS Sybil, final naval action of Revolution in West Indies waters. 1948 - First use of jets (VF-5A) on board a carrier (Boxer).

SAN DIEGO (NNS) -- USS Boxer (LHD 4) (the "Golden Gator") returned from its third deployment in three years Sept. 14 to the sound of cheers from family and friends. The four-and-one-half-month deployment demonstrated the feasibility of the Navy’s Fleet Response Plan (FRP), which ensures ships are able to respond to real-world situations by maintaining high states of readiness during their surge windows. While Boxer’s two previous deployments were in direct support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, the role of Sailors aboard the Golden Gator during this deployment was to build interoperability between the United States and key allies in the...

ABOARD USS BOXER, Aug. 1, 2005 —Two USS Boxer firemen earned medals for their actions to stop a potentially dangerous steam leak July 12 aboard the San Diego-based amphibious assault ship. With 900-degree steam running through the heart of Boxer at 720 pounds per square inch, Machinist’s Mate Fireman Patrick Clark, from Raleigh, N.C., and Machinist’s Mate Fireman Nicholas Shaw, from Coshocton, Ohio, prevented a major accident when they stopped the leak in Boxer’s aft main machinery room. “I wasn’t expecting something like this just for doing my job. I was only looking out for my safety and the safety...

Story Number: NNS040324-08 Release Date: 3/25/2004 9:40:00 AM By Journalist 1st Class Todd Macdonald, Logistics Group Western Pacific Public Affairs SINGAPORE (NNS) -- While nothing can replace family and friends on the pier for Sailors and Marines returning from deployments, the crew of the San Diego-based USS Boxer (LHD 4) had arguably the next best thing waiting for them pierside March 21 - pallets of Girl Scout cookies —enough for everyone aboard. Local Girl Scouts, acting on behalf of their counterparts from the San Diego-Imperial chapter and its Operation Thin Mint (OTM) initiative, delivered 310 cases of cookies, along with...

  040219-N-7912E-005 Arabian Gulf (Feb. 19, 2004) – A U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter assigned to “The Wolfpack” of Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron Four Six Six (HMH-466) flies past the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) after delivering equipment to Camp Doha, Kuwait. Boxer departed for the Persian Gulf on Jan. 14, 2004 as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom rotation of forces, after returning from a regularly scheduled deployment in August 2003. The multi-purpose amphibious assault ship and its more than 900 Sailors and 200 Marines are transporting equipment and aviation assets for the 1st Marine...

(01-14-2004) - The amphibious helicopter carrier USS Boxer sails from San Diego Wednesday morning filled with Marine choppers and tons of supplies being sent to support a force rotation in Iraq. The Pentagon is in the process of pulling about 120,000 personnel involved in Operation Iraqi Freedom out of the Persian Gulf region and replacing them with a more mobile force. As part of the force rotation, the Boxer is moving equipment and personnel from the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force stationed at Camp Pendleton and 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar. The majority of Marines...

Official U.S. Navy file photo of USS Boxer (LHD 4). View Larger Download HiRes   USS Boxer to Deploy in Support of Global War on TerrorismStory Number: NNS040108-03Release Date: 1/8/2004 1:47:00 PMFrom Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet Public AffairsSAN DIEGO (NNS) -- More than 200 Marines and 900 Sailors embarked aboard USS Boxer (LHD 4) will deploy Jan. 14 from San Diego to the Central Command (CENTCOM) area of responsibility (AOR) in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom II (OIF II) force rotation. As part of the OIF II force rotation, Boxer is providing amphibious lift for a portion of the...

Sailors and Marines will stop in Hawaii en route to San Diego Nearly 6,400 sailors and Marines will arrive at Pearl Harbor this morning for a brief Hawaiian port call on their way home to San Diego and Camp Pendleton from the Iraq war. The Marines belong to Regimental Combat Team 1, while the sailors are assigned to five amphibious ships -- USS Boxer, USS Bonhomme Richard, USS Cleveland, USS Dubuque and USS Pearl Harbor. They are part of the first groups of Marines that shipped out for the Iraqi war from San Diego as part of the USS Tarawa...

USS Bon Homme Richard prepares to dockPROUDLY waving a flag, with tears in his eyes, an Australian was among the 6,500 US troops to hit Sydney today for four days well-earned R&R. Lieutenant Commander Terrance Nealer was the only Australian among sailors and marines arriving on five US Navy ships for four days of rest and recreation. Three of the five amphibious assault ships have docked at Sydney's Garden Island - the USS Boxer, the USS Bonhomme Richard, the USS Pearl Harbor - with two more expected to dock this afternoon. The five warships are bound for their home port...

The military's policy on women service members is broken and must be fixed! Last week's disclosure that a Marine staff sergeant gave birth on the USS Boxer – an amphibious assault ship stationed in the Persian Gulf – should set off alarm bells. This is believed to be the first active-duty woman to deliver a baby on a combat ship in a war zone. Washington Times writer Rowan Scarborough, following up on a tip to Center for Military Readiness, disclosed that this birth occurred on May 23, at 10:58 p.m., to a 33-year-old woman who is assigned to Headquarters Battery...