SECOND ARG EN ROUTE: Boxer ARG Deploys
Mar 18 imagery caught the USS Boxer (LHD-4) operating just outside of San Diego. The Wasp-class amphibious assault ship is officially underway, heading west with the rest of the Boxer ARG to join Operation Epic Fury.
With the Tripoli ARG currently clearing the Strait of Malacca, this makes two full Amphibious Ready Groups actively surging toward the ME.
Expect a long transit ahead.
Will be tracking her across the Pacific!
The Boxer Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), comprised of the USS Boxer (LHD-4), USS Comstock (LSD-45), and the USS Portland (LPD-27) with the embarked 11th Marine Expeditionary Group (MEU), is on its way to the Middle East after departing the U.S. west coast for deployment.
Tripoli ARG cleared the Malacca Straits last night, ETA Gulf is 23rd/24th March.