 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Musi waMay 11, 2010, George Washington akapedza kugadzirisa uye kugadzirisa uye akabva kuYokosuka kunotongwa. Musi wa 21 Chikunguru 2010, akasvika kuBusan, South Korea kushanya kuchiteshi uye akabva apinda muchirongwa che Invincible Spirit muGungwa reJapan neUSAF, Republic of Korea Air Force neRepublic of Korea Navy kubva musi wa 25 kusvika 28 Chikunguru 2010. Invincible Spirit yakaitwa kuti ivandudze kugona kwemabasa akabatanidzwa uye sechiratidzo chekudzivisa zvichitevera kunyura kweROKS Cheonan. Kurovedza uku kwakaitirwa muGungwa reJapan kunyaradza zvinopikiswa neChina pamusoro pedzidzo dzechiuto dziri kuitwa muGungwa reYellow. Pamusana pezvipikiso izvozvo, kurovedza muviri kwechipiri, muGungwa reYellow kumhenderekedzo yokumadokero yeNorth Korea, kwakarongwa. Musi wa8 Nyamavhuvhu 2010, George Washington yakamira pamhenderekedzo yeguta reDa Nang muSouth China Sea kuti ipemberere makore gumi nemashanu ekujairika kwehukama hwehukama hweVietnam neUS, kushanya kwekutanga kuVietnam neanotakura ndege eUS kubva kuHondo yeVietnam. MunaNovember 2010, boka revatakuri ve George Washington rakabva kune zvirongwa zvakarongwa neRepublic of Korea Navy, chikamu mukupindura kuputirwa kweYeonpyeong uye kuwedzera kukakavadzana neNorth Korea. 