Honoring Police, Military, and Working Dogs Worldwide
Posted in Military Working Dogs on Jun 28th, 2009
Call them War Dogs, K-9s, Military Police dogs, or Hell Hounds.
By any name, they are an important part of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Recently the dogs brought along their handlers and put on a demonstration aboard Al Asad Air Base in Iraq’s Al Anbar Province.
Meet Diva, Rex and Bach.
Produced by Randy Garsee.
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Posted in Military Working Dogs on Jun 20th, 2009
Howdy Stout – Staff Writer
“We’ve got a bomb threat at the shoppette,” the Airman says. “Who do you want to send?” Tech. Sgt. Michael Jones thinks for a second. “I’ll go with Blacky,” he says.
It takes only a few minutes for Sergeant Jones, the kennelmaster for the 72nd Security Forces Squadron to locate his partner, [...]
Posted in Military Working Dogs on Jun 20th, 2009
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Posted in Military Working Dogs on Jun 20th, 2009
by Patrick Desmond
37th Training Wing Public Affairs
6/18/2009 - LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE, Texas (AFNS) – After three weeks, the newest member of the 37th Force Support Squadron Airman and Family Readiness Flight knows her way around the three-story building and often bounds through open doors on surprise visits.
Aamee, a four-month old Belgian Malinois, is the first puppy to [...]
Posted in Military Working Dogs on Jun 20th, 2009
Batavia native trains to be military dog handler
By Air Force Staff Sgt. Jessica Switzer Joint Hometown News ServiceSaturday, June 20, 2009 6:19 AM EDT
LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE, Texas — It can be a terrifying thing to see a dog streaking toward you across a field, fast and low to the ground, lips peeled back from [...]
Posted in Army Dog teams on Jun 12th, 2009
30th Heavy Brigade Combat Team
Story and Photos by Capt. Richard Scoggins
BAGHDAD — The four-legged Soldiers of Forward Operating Base Falcon’s military police K-9 section working with the 30th “Old Hickory” Heavy Brigade Combat Team, are making a name for themselves by patrolling for explosives and conducting combat tracking.
The section is led by Staff Sgt. Christopher [...]
Posted in police dog teams, police dogs on Jun 7th, 2009
By LAVINIA DeCASTRO • Courier-Post Staff
Sirius ran into the World Trade Center’s Tower 1 on Sept. 11, 2001, and never came out.
Grace searched for people in the ruins left behind by hurricanes Ike, Hannah and Gustav.
CHRIS LaCHALL/Courier-Post
Gloucester Township Patrolman Mark Pickard shakes hands Saturday with Dave Hahn of Pitman. Hahn’s German shepherd, Schultz, was one [...]
Posted in Foreign Dog Teams on Jun 7th, 2009
Some awesome videos from a New Zealand police supporter.
“The NZ Police was originally formed along similar lines to that of the British Police. The NZ Police Dog Section was established in 1956 with the help of Sergeant Frank Riley from Surrey, and mostly based on K9 Policing methods from the UK.
The effectiveness of the Dog Section soon [...]
Posted in Working Dog News, air force teams, military working dog handlers on Jun 6th, 2009
56th Fighter Wing Public Affairs
Story by Deborah silliman Wolfe
LUKE AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. – Luke Air Force Base 56th Security Forces Squadron members had a chance to share some of their military policing skills with members of the Kazakhstan Ministry of Defense and Arizona National Guard who visited here Monday.
“State National Guard Bureaus have coordinated [...]
Posted in police dogs, various k9 videos on Jun 5th, 2009
Alderhorst Police K-9 Academy owner Dave Reaver in a short clip.
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