USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Group arrives at North Island Monday

The Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group, including the flagship Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, is expected to arrive at Naval Air Station North Island Monday morning.

The return of the carrier group will mark the end of a 10-month deployment to the U.S. 6th, 5th, and 7th Fleet areas of operation.

The strike group deployed Apr. 1, providing deterrence to aggression in some of the world’s most critical waterways, the Navy said in a news release. During its deployment, the strike group conducted combat sorties in support of Operations Freedom’s Sentinel and Inherent Resolve. It also participated in numerous partnership-building exercises with sister services and allied Navies.

The 294-day deployment is the longest carrier deployment in the post-Cold War era, the Navy said.

During its around-the-world deployment, Abraham Lincoln navigated over 64,000 nautical miles and completed multiple strait and choke point transits, to include the Strait of Gibraltar, the Suez Canal, the Bab-el Mandeb, the Strait of Hormuz, the Strait of Malacca, and the Surigao Strait, the Navy said.