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.