Photos

260629-N-MH008-1034

U.S. Navy Sailors, assigned to Fleet Surgical Team 3, perform a laparoscopic surgery in an operating room aboard Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) while transiting the Indian Ocean, June 29, 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 Communication Specialist 2nd Class Tyler Miles)