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(Leslie Herlick/Fort Rucker PAO)]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-military/2026/05/28/22nd-meu-iwo-jima-arg-head-home-after-10-month-deployment/</loc><lastmod>2026-05-28T16:58:57.312Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://archetype-military-times-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/fHpF77YkB4eYVFuinTumBzr1dKM=/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/HNLMA2TSFFFE5MOVSKHERPPKGM.jpg</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Marines fast rope from a Navy MH-60S Sea Hawk onto the deck of the USS Iwo Jima, April 24, 2026. 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