{"id":453283,"date":"2026-09-04T12:02:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T12:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/453283\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T12:02:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T12:02:13","slug":"navy-video-shows-life-aboard-uss-boxer-as-it-enforces-iran-blockade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/453283\/","title":{"rendered":"Navy video shows life aboard USS Boxer as it enforces Iran blockade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Over 2,600 Sailors and Marines are deployed aboard USS Boxer (LHD 4) as the amphibious assault ship operates in the Middle East. Here&#8217;s an inside look. \ud83d\udc47 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FiJcwleF8V\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/FiJcwleF8V<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CENTCOM\/status\/2095539942692716850?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">September 3, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Central Command released a video Thursday showing scenes from the San Diego-based <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/USSBOXER\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">USS Boxer<\/a> as it patrols the Arabian Sea to blockade Iran.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over 2,600 sailors and Marines are deployed aboard the amphibious assault ship, which is small aircraft carrier equipped with helicopters, V-22 Osprey tiltrotors, F-35B stealth jets and giant hovercraft to support a Marine landing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The minute-long video showed personnel launching helicopters, servicing aircraft, checking the flight deck, loading supplies, training for an assault and monitoring cargo ships.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The  Boxer Amphibious Ready Group and embarked\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.11thmeu.marines.mil\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">11th Marine Expeditionary Unit<\/a> from Camp Pendleton <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofsandiego.com\/military\/2026\/03\/20\/san-diego-based-uss-boxer-pendleton-marines-deploys-mideast\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">left San Diego in March<\/a> and arrived in the Middle East on June 30.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Accompanying the boxer are the amphibious transport dock USS Portland and dock landing ship USS Comstock, both also from San Diego.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As of Thursday, the Navy has redirected 87 commercial vessels, disabled three and boarded two to ensure no ships enter or leave Iranian ports.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Over 2,600 Sailors and Marines are deployed aboard USS Boxer (LHD 4) as the amphibious assault ship operates&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":453284,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[58692,115868,19378,74,76,75,103950],"class_list":["post-453283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-arabian-sea","tag-blockade","tag-iran","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news","tag-uss-boxer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=453283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453283\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/453284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=453283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=453283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=453283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}