SAN DIEGO, CA - (1-19-08) Two local military deployments are scheduled over the next few days. On Saturday, 200 members of the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing are scheduled to deploy in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. On Thursday, 7000 members of the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group are scheduled to deploy. Along with the USS Nimitz is (CVN 68) the guided-missile cruiser USS Princeton (CG 59), the guided-missile destroyers USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53), USS Higgins (DDG 76), and USS Chafee (DDG 90). The Nimitz Strike Group will be operating in the Western Pacific.