Dog-gone Demo
Posted in Marine dog teams, various k9 videos on Jul 28th, 2009
This video is from www.marines.mil
Honoring Police, Military, and Working Dogs Worldwide
Posted in Marine dog teams, various k9 videos on Jul 28th, 2009
This video is from www.marines.mil
Posted in various k9 videos on Jul 19th, 2009
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Posted in Military Working Dogs on Jul 18th, 2009
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This interview, from msnbc.com, explains how the military working dog puppy breeding program works and the canine boot camp the puppies go through.
Posted in Military Working Dogs on Jul 13th, 2009
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“Follow the incredible story of the US Marine war dog platoons of WWIIwhen marine commanders were willing to try anything, including using dogs to sniff out hidden enemy. But nobody anticipated just how effective they would be against the enemy and how important they would become to their handlers.”
http://military.discovery.com
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
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 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 Marine dog teams on Jun 5th, 2009
Story and Photos by Cpl. Nicole Lavine
MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. – The saying goes that a dog is a man’s best friend, but in the eyes of the Provost Marshal’s Office dog handlers here, military working dogs are considered fellow warriors. Therefore, Marines treat their military working dogs the way [...]
Posted in Various Teams, Working Dog News, military working dog handlers on Jun 4th, 2009
Marine Corps News|by LCpls Brian Marion and Jason Hernandez
AL ASAD AIR BASE, Iraq — Dogs have served in nearly every major conflict in human history. The Romans deployed entire company-sized formations of dogs and armies in medieval Britain used dogs to pull armored horsemen off their mounts for infantrymen to kill with ease. During World [...]