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Posted in Marine dog teams, Military Working Dogs, Working Dog News on May 5th, 2008
Dogs of War Play Key Role in Iraq
by Gloria Hillard(NPR-National Public Radio)
March 3, 2008 · About 1,000 of the military personnel who have served on the front lines of the war in Iraq look quite different from the rest. They are dogs.
Mostly Belgian Malinois and German shepherds, some Labrador retrievers and golden retrievers, these war [...]
Posted in Marine dog teams, Military Working Dogs, dogs on Apr 29th, 2008
Here are a few pictures and a video of Marine Sgt Joseph Prado and his war dog Brik, nicknamed “Brikhouse”. Sgt Prado was very proud of and loved his mwd(military working dog) so much that he wrote about his bond with his war dog and included it on one of his favorite photos. Prado has left the Marines while Brik continues to [...]
Posted in Marine dog teams, Military Working Dogs, dogs, various k9 videos on Apr 28th, 2008
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Military working dog Robby was nothing less than a beast. He was a Shepherd weighing in about 105 pounds. He was big, very strong, and a solid working dog while in the Marine Corps. All around Robby was a great mwd, however he had one thing that always kept handlers that knew him on alert-he [...]
Posted in Marine dog teams, Tribute Videos, fallen handlers on Apr 24th, 2008
Dedicated to Marine Cpl Dustin Jerome Lee. Born April 7, 1986, Killed March 21, 2007 in Fallujah, Iraq.
He was 20 years old. Dustin was born in Meridian, MS, graduated from Quitman High School in 2004.
He was stationed at MCLB, HQ BN in Albany GA, before deploying for Iraq.
Cpl Dustin J. Lee was a Marine K9 [...]
Posted in Marine dog teams, Military Working Dogs, various k9 videos on Apr 23rd, 2008
Awesome video here, I served with both Sgt Gehring and Sgt Maple at Camp Pendleton. Both are fantastic handlers and great Marines. Quick story about Sgt Ben Maple below the video.
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Sgt Maple and I went through the same military working dog handler’s course at Lackland Air Force base. I’ll never forget the first time he [...]
Posted in Marine dog teams, Military Working Dogs, Military stories, Rexy Too Sexy on Apr 22nd, 2008
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As a handler it’s hard for me to start a blog dedicated to dog teams without talking about my own dog I handled, Rex E168. So I will get this tribute done and move on. No matter what military branch, police dept, security contracting company, or other organization you are apart of that utilizes dogs, [...]