Honoring Police, Military, and Working Dogs Worldwide
Posted in Various Teams, Working Dog News, military working dog handlers on Jun 4th, 2009
By DawnDee Bostwick
Waynesville Daily Guide
Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.
-Forty-two teams made of humans and canines came from across the United States to determine who would be this year’s “Top Dog.”
The third annual TRADOC Working Dog Warrior Police Challenge, held for the first time on Fort Leonard Wood, tested handlers and canines abilities in a variety of [...]
Posted in Army Dog teams, military working dog handlers on Jun 4th, 2009
Horseheads grad trains Army dogs
U.S. Army Spec. Gregory Corsi must have nerves made of steel because he allows 80-pound snarling dogs to lunge at him and makes sure they get a good bite.
Gregory, a 2004 Horseheads High School graduate, is a student military working dog handler with the 341st Training Squadron, wrote U.S. Air Force [...]
Posted in Working Dog News, military working dog handlers on Jun 4th, 2009
By:ET3 Alexander Lockman
GROTON, Conn. – There are members of the Naval Submarine Base New London Security Team who deploy with little bark but a great deal of bite. SUBASE is one of a number of bases in the Mid-Atlantic Region with a corps of canine security specialists – Military working dogs (MWD).
MWDs have been a [...]
Posted in Foreign Dog Teams, various k9 videos on May 31st, 2009
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Posted in Working Dog News, air force teams on May 27th, 2009
by Staff Sgt. Dilia Ayala
332nd AEW Public Affairs
5/27/2009 - JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq – Trained in explosives detection, narcotics detection and more, military working dogs here are now assisting in a different type of fight: the fight to rehabilitate patients at the Air Force Theater Hospital.
Members of the AFTH medical staff here held the first session [...]
Posted in Tribute Videos, various k9 videos on May 23rd, 2009
WAR DOG
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Posted in Miscellaneous, air force teams on May 19th, 2009
by Veronica Slaght/For The Star-Ledger
Monday May 18, 2009, 8:58 PM
When students in Evelyn Van Nuys’ seventh grade history class were studying the Vietnam War, they learned that thousands of dogs served in the military, attacking enemy soldiers and sniffing out explosives. They also learned that many of these “war dogs” were abandoned and forgotten after [...]
Posted in Army Dog teams on May 11th, 2009
By DawnDee Bostwick
Waynesville Daily Guide
Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. – The military has used animals in combat for years. From geese, to canines to dolphins, animals of all sizes and habitats have found a new purpose in helping defend the country.
The Engineer Canine Company at Fort Leonard Wood is no exception to this rule. Though they’re [...]
Posted in Military Working Dogs on May 9th, 2009
By Tech. Sgt. Christopher D. Flahive, 49th Fighter Wing Public Affairs
Holloman Air Force Base members said goodbye May 1 to one of their own at a memorial service rendering full military honors to a 49th Security Forces Squadron Military Working Dog.
Uro, a 4-year-old German shepherd, died April 24 at Holloman. His death was determined to [...]
Posted in air force teams on May 9th, 2009
By Airman 1st Class Justin Shelton, 22nd Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs
May 7, 2009 – 7:18:59 PM
Blackanthem Military News
MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. – The 22nd Security Forces Squadron performed a military working dog demonstration for more than 200 elementary school students at Wichita Collegiate School April 24.
Team McConnell fostered a greater bond with the [...]