Poland thanks military dogs for their service, giving them army ranks

NOWY DWOR MAZOWIECKI, Poland - The new privates received their ranks amid military pomp in a town near Warsaw where a Napoleonic fortress attests to a long military history. The group was made up of a German shepherd, a Dutch shepherd and two Belgian Malinois.

The dogs - Einar, Eliot, Enzo and Emi - were bestowed with their ranks Friday as part of a new Polish program aimed at honoring the service of dogs used to