{"id":311075,"date":"2019-10-31T06:00:47","date_gmt":"2019-10-30T20:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=311075"},"modified":"2019-10-31T06:00:47","modified_gmt":"2019-10-30T20:00:47","slug":"amphibious-group-marines-unit-visit-guam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/amphibious-group-marines-unit-visit-guam\/","title":{"rendered":"Amphibious group, Marines unit visit Guam"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_311076\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-311076\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Boxer-pix.jpg\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-311076\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Boxer Amphibious Ready Group and the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit arrived at Apra Harbor in Santa Rita on Oct. 30.  (U.S. Navy\/Valerie Maigue)<br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>SANTA RITA, Guam<\/strong>\u2014The Boxer Amphibious Ready Group and the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit arrived at Apra Harbor in Santa Rita on Oct. 30. <\/p>\n<p>The ARG includes the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer, amphibious transport dock ship USS John P. Murtha, and amphibious dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry. <\/p>\n<p>Harpers Ferry arrived in Guam last Oct. 28. The 11th MEU is deployed with Boxer ARG and serves as a theater reserve and crisis response force. <\/p>\n<p>The ARG\u2019s port visit brings approximately 3,300 Marines and 1,900 sailors to Guam. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cGuam plays a very important role to the U.S. Navy\u2019s overall mission,\u201d said Capt. Jeffrey Grimes, U.S. Naval Base Guam commanding officer. \u201cFor the ARG, this is an opportunity to re-supply and complete any maintenance. For the Sailors and Marines, it is an opportunity for them to enjoy the heritage, culture, and beauty that Guam has to offer, first-hand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While on Guam, sailors from Boxer will volunteer on Nov. 1 at Piti Santos Park and Island Girl Power. Sailors will participate in a beautification project at the park and help clear the IGP Nature Park trail, plant trees, and organize items in the IGP thrift store. <\/p>\n<p>The Boxer ARG\/11th MEU is deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to support regional stability, reassure partners and allies, and maintain a presence postured to respond to any crisis, ranging from humanitarian assistance to contingency operations. The ARG\/MEU departed their home port of San Diego for a regularly scheduled deployment on May 1. (PR)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SANTA RITA, Guam\u2014The Boxer Amphibious Ready Group and the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit arrived at&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[51],"class_list":["post-311075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pacific","tag-guam"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=311075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311075\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=311075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=311075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=311075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}