SAN DIEGO (Feb. 26, 2021) Sailors render honors to a passing vessel aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) to the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, USS Howard (DDG 83). Nimitz, part of Nimitz Carrier Strike Group, returned to Naval Base San Diego after a more than 10-month deployment to U.S. 5th Fleet and U.S. 7th Fleet, which included freedom of navigation operations and participation in Operations Freedom's Sentinel, Inherent Resolve and Octave Quartz. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Olivia Banmally Nichols/Released)