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

U.S. Navy Seaman Jobert Santiago, right, and Aviation Support Equipment Technician Seaman Japhet Canceran, both assigned to Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4), man a line on the ship’s flight deck during 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 Marine Expeditionary Unit 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 Communications Specialist 3rd Class Martin Perez)