 More than 6,500 sailors comprising the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group and Carrier Air Wing 3 are returning home today, tomorrow, and Sunday after a nine-month deployment. The group was engaged in combat operations in the Middle East region from November 2023 until last month. They were deployed in response to Houthi rebels in the Red Sea. The Navy says the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and the USS Philippine Sea will return to Naval Station Norfolk on Sunday.