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USS George Washington Returns to Yokosuka, Concluding Six-Month Indo-Pacific Deployment

The six-month cruise marked Carrier Air Wing 5’s first operational use of F-35s in the region’s forward-deployed carrier force.

Overview

  • The Nimitz-class carrier berthed at Yokosuka on Dec. 11 after operations across U.S. 7th Fleet waters.
  • Personnel from Carrier Air Wing 5 returned in waves to Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni the same day.
  • The strike group covered roughly 56,000 miles with port calls in Guam, Manila and Busan, according to Navy and ship officials.
  • Multinational drills included Talisman Sabre 2025, ANNUALEX with Japan and a carrier strike group exercise with South Korea.
  • The deployment featured a presidential visit aboard in October and a September memorial for a sailor presumed lost overboard.