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Aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) arrives Naval Air Station North Island, Feb. 26. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class David Mora Jr.)
SAN DIEGO, CA — More than 5,000 sailors and Marines assigned to the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group returned to San Diego Friday after nearly 11 months deployed in the U.S. 5th and 7th Fleet areas of operation.
The carrier strike group was the first to embark on a deployment for the Navy after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and was comprised of aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, the cruiser USS Princeton and the destroyers USS Sterett and USS Ralph Johnson. Embarked Carrier Air Wing 17 was also aboard the Nimitz.