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Anakin Smith/Marine Corps)]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2026/09/14/organizers-break-ground-on-education-center-at-pentagon-911-memorial/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-14T18:37:58.714Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Military Times</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-09-14T18:37:58.714Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[Organizers break ground on education center at Pentagon 9/11 memorial]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://archetype-military-times-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/FuPyvt69THR8Mm2QU96xTqLm88A=/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/X6BJYAFM75AMDMQYC3NZC7APYU.jpg</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[A rendering of the Pentagon 9/11 Memorial Visitor Education Center, which broke ground Sept. 12, 2026, in Arlington, Virginia. 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Daniel Thompson, 8th Fighter Squadron instructor pilot, conducts an F-16 training sortie over White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, Aug. 22, 2023. 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