USS Nimitz (CVN-68) steams in the Pacific Ocean on Feb. 15, 2021. US Navy Photo
The first official trip for Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin will include a visit with sailors and Marines with the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group later this week, Pentagon officials announced on Monday.
As part of the trip, Austin and Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday will meet the strike group on Thursday as elements return to California after wrapping up an eight-and-a-half-month deployment to the Western...