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A landing craft air cushion approaches the USS Iwo Jima before onloading Marines assigned to the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit while underway in the Atlantic Ocean, Aug. 16, 2025. Sailors and Marines assigned to the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group departed Norfolk, Va., and Camp Lejeune, N.C., after completing a nine-month training program.

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