Fair Winds and Following Seas to the Boxer
by IS3 Khansari, Tactical Air Control Squadron (TACRON) 11 Public Affiars
San Diego (22 FEB 2011) - Detachment-two of TACRON-11 departed for WESTPAC 2011 at 1030 in the morning as families said their good buys, watching the ship prepare for to unmoor from Pier 13. The OIC commander Perkins is in charge of the operations that the Det. aboard will carry out. Hawaii will be the first liberty port that USS Boxer (LHD 4) will visit March 1, 2011 before heading west to relieve Kearsarge. TACRON-11 wishes Fair Winds and Following Seas for the Det. deployed and the Det. training to deploy upon Boxers return. (By IS3 Khansari, Tactical Air Control Squadron (TACRON) 11 Public Affiars/Released)
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Sailors and Marines manning the rails on Boxer. |
Families look on the pier to their sailors and marines making preparations to get underway. |