230628-N-ZQ263-2086 SAN DIEGO (June 28, 2023) Friends and family hold up signs as the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) returns from deployment. Nimitz arrives in San Diego concluding a seven-month deployment to 3rd and 7th Fleet areas of operations (AO). Nimitz’s presence in 3rd and 7th Fleet AOs reinforced the United States’ commitment to fly, sail and operate wherever international law allows in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific region.

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