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Deployment of USS Nimitz ends on Oahu

The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz sailed into Pearl Harbor on Monday evening with its crew winding down a six-month-long Pacific deployment.

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Sailors organize aircraft on the flight deck of the USS Nimitz as it prepares to sail into Pearl Harbor on Monday.
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Navy sailors work on a fighter jet aboard the USS Nimitz as the ship makes its way to Pearl Harbor on Monday after a six-month Pacific deployment.
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Crew members of the USS Nimitz assemble on the flight deck as the carrier approaches Oahu on Monday.
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Crew members of the USS Nimitz assemble on the flight deck as the carrier approaches Oahu on Monday.
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The USS Nimitz passed by Iroquois Point as it arrives in Hawaii on Monday.
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Residents of Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam wave and shout to the crew of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz as it arrives in Pearl Harbor on Monday.
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The crew members of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz salute as they pass the USS Arizona Memorial as the ship arrives in Pearl Harbor on Monday.
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Crew members of the USS Nimitz prepare to move aircraft onto the flight deck as the ship makes its way to Pearl Harbor on Monday after a six-month Pacific deployment.
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Petty Officer 1st Class Philip Ray Fenandez (center), an electrician's mate from Maui, stands in formation with fellow sailors below deck on the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz during an award ceremony for crew members just before the ship sailed into Pearl Harbor on Monday after a six-month Pacific deployment.
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The sun sets behind the USS Nimitz after it docks at Pearl Harbor on Monday.
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A U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class destroyer with Carrier Strike Group 11 as seen from the USS Nimitz as they approach Hawaii after a six-month Pacific deployment.

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