https://www.justice.gov/usao-or/pr/us-attorneys-office-join-fbi-local-law-enforcement-house-worship-safety-seminar

the USS Boxer expeditionary strike group has taken up position opposite Iran’s shores, carrying some 2,200 troops of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit. This fairly small helicopter carrier’s strike group also consists of two amphibious dock landing craft, the USS John P. Murtha and the USS Harpers.

This group is designed to execute amphibious landings of troops on enemy shores and evacuate them upon completing their mission. On the Boxer’s decks are an AV-8B Harrier II strike aircraft which has vertical takeoff ability, transport helicopters and helicopters bearing Sea Sparrow anti-ship missiles.

The deployment of the Boxer strike group and a Marine force opposite Iran’s shore is intended to inform Tehran that the Trump administration is poised ready for immediate response in the event of further threats or provocations by the Islamic Republic – whether by boosting uranium enrichment for its nuclear program or strikes at US and allied oil targets in the Persian Gulf

https://www.debka.com/with-tehran-set-to-upgrade-uranium-enrichment-the-uss-boxer-strike-force-with-marines-reaches-iranian-shore/

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/265188