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More than 1,200 soldiers with the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, The Old Guard, gathered at Arlington National Cemetery here yesterday to place miniature American flags on each of its gravesites and niches for the annual "Flags In" ritual that's been performed just before each Memorial Day for 64 years.

Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4012 reports that the Memorial Day parade route will be the same as last year.

The U.S. military is testing high-tech "battle kites" as a method of lifting communications and surveillance equipment above isolated bases in Afghanistan.

A The Westborough Memorial Day 2012 Grand Marshals are John Matson and Stephen Sullivan .

Maria Christina Vibe, SOA Watch 202-234-3440, maria@soaw.org Hendrik Voss, SOA Watch 202-425-5128, hvoss@soaw.org April 14-17, 2012, Washingon, DC: Days of action to close the School of the Americas and to end US Militarization WASHINGTON - May 10 - Investigative journalist Seymour Hersh revealed in the April 6th issue of "The New Yorker" magazine ... (more)

APRIL 30: U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta answers reporters' questions during a news conference in the Treaty Room at the State Department April 30, 2012 in Washington, DC.