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Officials: Army hospital chief relieved of command

By PAULINE JELINEK - Associated Press

Thai soldiers listen to the national anthem at Bangkok Art Culture Center in Bangkok, Thailand Wednesday, May 28, 2014. Thailand's new military junta aired videos Wednesday on television stations nationwide showing some of the prominent political figures it has detained as part of an effort to convince the public that detainees in army custody are being treated well. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

After 2 coups in 8 years, fears over Thai future

By TODD PITMAN - Associated Press

In this photo dated Thursday May 8, 2014, Bernard Dargols poses during an interview with the Associated Press at his home in La Garenne-Colombes, outside Paris, France. When he left Paris at age 18, the plan was to go to New York for a year and learn his father’s sewing machine trade. Six years later, Bernard Dargols found himself crossing the Channel in a U.S. Army uniform, sloshing ashore on Omaha Beach to a homeland that had persecuted his Jewish family. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Frenchman joined US D-Day forces to free homeland

By LORI HINNANT - Associated Press

West Virginia man sentenced in sexting case

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Fort Riley soldiers receive new Army carbines

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Two protesters, center, gesture in front of line of Thai riot police officers during an anti-coup demonstration at the Victory Monument in Bangkok, Thailand Monday, May 26, 2014. Bolstered by a royal endorsement Monday to run the country after last week's coup, Thailand's junta leader warned citizens not to cause trouble, not to criticize, not to protest, or else face a return to the "old days" of street violence. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)

Thai coup leader: Don’t protest, it’s no use

By Todd Pitman and Thanyarat Doksone - Associated Press

Army soldier to be honored posthumously in Naples

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Pennsylvania man is guard at Unknown Soldier Tomb

By CHRIS ROSENBLUM - Associated Press

Judge rejects lawsuit over deaths of 2 women

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New York vets awarded military honors decades late

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Thai soldiers link arms as they monitor the protest against the coup outside a shopping complex in Bangkok, Thailand Saturday, May 24, 2014. Thailand's coup leaders said Saturday they will keep former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, Cabinet members and anti-government protest leaders detained for up to a week to give them &quot;time to think&quot; and to keep the country calm. They also summoned outspoken academics to report to the junta. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)

News Guide: Military carries out coup in Thailand

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U.S. Army's new 'Scorpion' camouflage pattern will be similar to Multicam pattern worn by soldiers shown here from Fort Bliss, Texas. (Image: U.S. Army)

U.S. Army uniforms to get new ‘Scorpion’ camouflage pattern

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

In this photo taken May 7, 2014, a Taylor’s checkerspot butterfly rests on a Puget balsamroot flower on a prairie area used for live-fire exercises at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. The Army has been working to boost the numbers of the federally listed endangered butterflies, in part because the presence of the insect could impact current training practices. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Artillery fire, butterflies coexist on Army range

By PHUONG LE - Associated Press

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MEMORIAL DAY: Pentagon not revealing efforts to free POW

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

An anti-government protester reads a newspaper during a gathering Thursday, May 22, 2014 in Bangkok, Thailand. Journalists and rights groups have criticized the army for primarily targeting the press rather than protesters, underscoring the precarious state of press freedom in Thailand in the wake of Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha's unexpected declaration of martial law this week and his decision Thursday to take control of the government. Of the 12 edicts issued Tuesday by the newly formed Peace and Order Maintaining Command, the military committee set up to oversee the army intervention, at least five concern media censorship. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

In Thailand, press early casualty of Army takeover

By TODD PITMAN - Associated Press

A Buddhist monk walks past a Thai soldier who provides security near the pro-government demonstration site on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand Wednesday, May 21, 2014. Thailand began its second day under martial law Wednesday with little visible military presence on the streets of Bangkok as residents tried to make sense of the dramatic turn of events after six months of anti-government protests and political turmoil. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)

Thai army chief assumes role as crisis mediator

By THANYARAT DOKSONE and JOCELYN GECKER - Associated Press

Fort Knox-based combat team inactivated

By BRETT BARROUQUERE - Associated Press

Senator Ted Cruz, (R-TX), left, congratulates Congressman Ralph Hall, (R-TX) after Hall received the Founding Spirit Award during the Honoring Our Veterans and Veterans in Congress program at the Capitol Hill Club on Wednesday, May 21. Khalid Naji-Allah/ Special for The Washington Times

Washington Times event honors Capitol Hill’s veterans

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

Malian army flees Tuareg rebels in northern town

By BABA AHMED - Associated Press

A Thai soldier checks barbed wire while guarding a road near pro-government demonstration site on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand Wednesday, May 21, 2014. Thailand's army chief Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha assumed the role of mediator Wednesday by summoning the country's key political rivals for face-to-face talks one day after imposing martial law. The meeting ended without any resolution, however, underscoring the profound challenge the army faces in trying to end the country's crisis. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)

With martial law, Thai government nearly powerless

By TODD PITMAN - Associated Press