War Dogs

LAST      NEXTEmerald Warrior 2011

Fearless Canine

A U.S. Soldier with the 10th Special Forces Group and his military working dog jump off the ramp of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter from the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment during water training over the Gulf of Mexico March 1, 2011, as part of exercise Emerald Warrior 2011. Emerald Warrior is an annual two-week joint/combined tactical exercise sponsored by U.S. Special Operations Command designed to leverage lessons learned from operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom to provide trained and ready forces to combatant commanders.

DoD photo by Tech. Sgt. Manuel J. Martinez, U.S. Air Force/Released

3ID Dog

LAST   NEXT 1st Lt. Gina Lane, a JVB action officer, spends time with the Military Working Dogs during a reenlistment ceremony for Sgt. Shawn A. Thomas at RC-S, Feb. 8, 2013. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Ashley Bell

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War Dogs – Airborne

LAST   NEXT Airborne Dog U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Brian Zamiska, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), pulls security with a U.S. Air Force working dog, Jan. 6, 2013, during a patrol with the Afghan Border Police in Tera Zeyi district, Afghanistan. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Alex …

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War Dogs – BC Luka

LAST         NEXT Distaff Border Collie Maj. Alisa Wilma, Area Support Group – Kuwait, command veterinarian, shows Luka, Red Cross volunteer and member of the human-animal bond program, a treat during a recent visit with troops. Luka and Grayson the cat are available through Red Cross for any person who has a need to spend time with …

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War Dogs – Coba

LAST            NEXT Explosives Detector Coba, a 3-year-old chocolate lab and tactical explosives detector dog, chews contently on a tennis ball as David Sheffer, her handler and a dog trainer with Vohne Liche Kennels in Denver, Ind., explains the capabilities of the dog June 14 at the National Training Center on Fort Irwin, Calif., during a …

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War Dogs – Csuma

LAST       NEXT An Inseparable Team Staff Sgt. J.D. Wake, who serves as a military working dog handler with USFOR-A, along with his working dog Csuma, search a metal workshop for contraband during a joint operation with the Afghan Uniformed Police of Police Sub-Station 16, Sub-District 4 and Military Police with the 58th Military Police Company, …

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War Dogs – Hebe

LAST      NEXT Canine Search Master at Arms 2nd Class Nicholas Whisker and his canine Heby search a vehicle for explosive odors in Kandahar City, Jan. 12. Whisker, a native of West Henrietta, Rochester, New York, is deployed from Washington, D.C. Photo by Staff Sgt. Kristen Duus, 1st BCT, 1st AD Public Affairs

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War Dogs – Livee

LAST      NEXT Explosives Detection Dog Pfc. Franklin Sena, an infantryman and Tactical Explosives Detection Dog handler with Company C, 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, Combined Task Force 4-2 (4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division), and his dog, Livee, work together during their first mission as a team during a dismounted patrol Feb. 7, …

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War Dogs – Luca

LAST      NEXT A flight medic with 2nd Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment, is hoisted into a medical helicopter with Luca, a Military Working Dog with 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division during a training exercise, Feb. 24, at Forward Operating Base Spin Boldak, Afghanistan. The training prepared the flight medics for medical evacuation of …

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War Dogs – Nero

LAST      NEXT U.S. Army Sgt. Adam Serella, a narcotics patrol detector dog handler with the 3rd Infantry Division, takes time to bond with his dog, Nero, as local children look on during Operation Clean Sweep conducted in districts throughout Kandahar City, Afghanistan, Oct. 3, 2012. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Tyler Meister

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War Dogs – Nina3

LAST      NEXT Military Working Dog Patrol U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Anthony Heck, a native of Wasilla, Alaska, and dog handler attached to Chosen Company, and Nina 3, a military working dog, patrol in the Jani Khel district April 11 during Operation Marble Lion. Chosen Company is part of the 3rd Battalion (Airborne), 509th Infantry …

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War Dogs – Satin

LAST      NEXT Home Search U.S. Army Sgt. Ryan Henderson serving with 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, with his military working dog Satin, searches an Afghan home in the village of Spine Gundey, Gelan district, Ghazni province, Afghanistan, May 10, as Afghan National Police look on. The ANP and coalition forces were conducting a …

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War Dogs – Taking a break

LAST      NEXT Taking a break U.S. Army Pfc. Chris Kunze, a cannon crewmember assigned to A Battery, 2nd Battalion (Airborne), 377th Field Artillery, Task Force Spartan, relaxes with his military working dog in Khoni Ghar on May 27. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Kimberly Trumbull

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War Dogs – Ted

LAST      NEXT U.S. Army Sgt. Leslie Langford, canine handler, 550th Military Working Dog Detachment, Fort Bragg, N.C., comforts his dog Ted, a Labrador retriever and bomb specialist, as he receives simulated medical care in the veterinary section of the Combat Support Hospital (CSH) at Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC), Ft. Polk, La., Feb. 23, 2013. …

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War Dogs – Training

LAST      NEXT Command Sgt. Maj. David Inglis, 3rd Infantry Division Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion command sergeant major, wears a protective suit and is attacked by a military working dog during a demonstration of the dogs’ abilities at Kandahar Airfield, Sept. 29, 2012. The military working dogs, from 3rd Infantry Division’s K-9 unit, are used for …

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