US Navy ship downs Iranian drone, keeps watch in tense region
President Donald Trump said that the USS Boxer downed an Iranian drone that came within one thousand yards of the Navy ship and ignored "multiple calls to stand down." But the USS Boxer has more than just aircraft with animal names. On board the USS Boxer, Marines train and maintain their equipment day and night alongside the crew. A few weeks later, a UK Navy frigate leveled its guns at Iranian gunboats that had attempted to maneuver a BP-owned oil tanker into Iranian waters. The craft had come within 1,000 meters of the USS Boxer and ignored multiple calls to stand down, President Donald Trump said.