USS Boxer conducts replenishment-at-sea with USNS Alan Shepard in South China Sea

Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) conducts a replenishment-at-sea with Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Alan Shepard (T-AKE 3), June 15, 2026. Boxer, flagship of the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group, is underway with the 11th MEU in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. U.S. 7th Fleet, the Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners to preserve a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Eliora Sims)