Military Honors Its Own
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NEW YORK, May 28 -- Veterans and active-duty  troops unfurled a 90-by-100-foot American flag as the nation's top commander in the Middle East spoke to a Memorial Day crowd gathered in Central Park on Monday.
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Television footage aired over the weekend showed a group of Rwandan soldiers dancing and clapping their hands. With AK-47 assault rifles firmly strapped across their shoulders, the 150 troops sported green berets adorned with African Union badges as they ...
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Union flag-bedecked Land Rovers of the Black Watch regiment stand ready for deployment. Photograph: Warrant Officer Giles Penfound/PA.
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Coworkers pay tribute to a devoted and thoughtful leader.
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When Americans mail holiday greetings this month, Ed Asner hopes they'll remember U.S. soldiers serving overseas, especially in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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CUMBERLAND, Md. -- When Army reservists from the 372d Military Police Company are welcomed home Friday at a belated public ceremony, the loudest cheers will probably come from the local chapter of Vietnam Veterans of America, who say they're heeding their vow to never again let one generation of veterans be shunned by another.
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The country's most unusual war heroes -- including glow worms, elephants and monkeys -- will be honoured today for their devotion to duty under fire.
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A US military unit that wouldn't make a risky delivery poses a challenge to discipline.
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For US military athletes the Games are a chance to pay tribute to those still in harm's way.
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For a country that since World War II has eschewed any impression as an aggressor, the decision to take a leading role in a high-profile military exercise marked a rare display of force.
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HAVRE DE GRACE, Md. -- When they called her name, she could not move. Sergeant Leana Nishimura intended to walk up proudly, shake the dignitaries' hands, and accept their honors for her service in Iraq -- a special coin, a lapel pin, a glass-encased US flag.
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It is difficult to find anything positive about war, but the pictures in the news of children and their military fathers loving each other have been heart-rending. They remind us that there is nothing on Earth more precious and sacred than the love between fathers and their children.
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Even while the public's ambivalence about the war has steadily grown, the will to help troops has steadily risen.
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Recruit the soldier. Retain the family. That's been common wisdom at the Pentagon for ages.
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A landmark in Scotland's military and religious history - 50 years of the Kirk of the Black Watch -  is being celebrated.
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Desertion is a crime like few others. Along with mutiny, it hits at the heart of military service, violating a fundamental code of honor.
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When Army reservists from the 372nd Military Police Company are welcomed home Friday at a belated public ceremony, the loudest cheers will likely come from the local chapter of Vietnam Veterans of America, who say they're heeding their vow to never again let one generation of veterans be shunned by another.