USS Boxer (LHD 4)

USS Boxer Change of Command

260313-N-CO542-1305 Capt. Jason Tumlinson, commanding officer of Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4), gives remarks during a change of command ceremony in the ship’s hangar bay, March 13, 2026. Boxer, flagship of the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group, is homeported in San Diego. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Eliora Sims)

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Photo By: Seaman Apprentice Eliora Sims

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SAN DIEGO— Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) held a change of command ceremony onboard Naval Base San Diego, March 13, 2026.

Midshipmen meet Boxer CO

250807-N-MH008-1054 Capt. Jason Tumlinson, the commanding officer assigned to Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4), and a native of Spokane, Washington, speaks with midshipmen in the wardroom during a mentorship meeting, Aug. 7, 2025. Boxer is currently homeported in Naval Base San Diego. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Tyler Miles)

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Photo By: Petty Officer 3rd Class Tyler Miles

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SAN DIEGO – Every summer, the United States Naval Academy and Navy Reserve Officer Training Corps Universities send their students, known as midshipmen, to submarines, aircraft carriers, and surface ships for professional training. The Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) hosted 44 midshipmen from July 21 to August 13, 2025, where the crew provided hands on experience and knowledge that will stay with them throughout their careers as officers in the United States Navy.

CRTS Teams Conduct Amphibious Familiarization Training Aboard USS Boxer

250805-N-WJ173-1003 SAN DIEGO (Aug. 5, 2025) – Sailors assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command San Diego (NMRTC SD) Casualty Receiving and Treatment Ship (CRTS) Teams 2, 8, and 9 conduct casualty assessment and treatment drills on a medical training mannequin aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) during amphibious familiarization training, Aug. 5, 2025. The multi-team evolution, coordinated by Naval Medical Forces Pacific (NMFP) and NMRTC SD, is designed to sustain medical readiness and operational integration with amphibious warfare platforms in support of deployed Marine Air Ground Task Forces (MAGTF) and Naval Expeditionary Forces. (U.S. Navy photo contributed)

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SAN DIEGO (Aug. 5, 2025) – Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command San Diego (NMRTC SD) Sailors assigned to Casualty Receiving and Treatment Ship (CRTS) Teams 2, 8, and 9 participated in an amphibious familiarization training evolution aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) as part of a multi-team exercise designed to sustain medical readiness and operational integration with amphibious warfare platforms.

Boxer Celebrates Navy Chief 132nd birthday

250401-N-MH008-2043 Retired Command Master Chief Matt Ruane, a native of Chicago, and Boxer CMC from 2014 to 2016, delivers a speech to the Boxer crew for the Navy chief petty officer 132nd birthday celebration on the flight deck while moored at Naval Base San Diego, April 1, 2025. Boxer is a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship homeported at Naval Base San Diego. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Tyler Miles)

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Photo By: Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Tyler Miles

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SAN DIEGO, Calif. - The wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) marked the 132nd birthday of the rank of chief petty officer with a ceremony held on the flight deck April 1, 2025.

Boxer celebrates 249th Navy birthday

241013-N-CM165-1669 PHILIPPINE SEA (Oct. 10, 2024) Sailors assigned to the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) stand in formation spelling “NAVY 249!” for the 249th Navy birthday on the flight deck as the ship steams in the Philippine Sea, Oct. 13, 2024. Boxer and embarked elements of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit are conducting routine operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. U.S. 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Normand Basque)

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Photo By: Seaman Apprentice Normand Basque

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PHILIPPINE SEA (October 13, 2024) – Sailors assigned to the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) and embarked Marines, assigned to the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), held a ceremony on the mess decks to celebrate the Navy’s 249th birthday, Oct. 13, 2024.