LEMOORE, Calif. (KFSN) -- The USS Carl Vinson Strike Group took off for a regularly scheduled deployment Friday morning.
Among its 6,000 sailors are hundreds from the Lemoore Naval Air Station.
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This deployment marks the second time the Carl Vinson Strike Group will operate throughout the Indo-Pacific region.
Family and friends watched as the carrier took off and it was a bittersweet moment for those on board and on land.
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The strike group is traveling with a missile cruiser and guided-missile destroyers. It's last deployment to the Indo-Pacific region wrapped up last June.
According to officials from NAS Lemoore, this deployment is roughly scheduled to be three months long.