Bill to help canine comrades in arms

For a pair of pooch-loving lawmakers, no dog should be left behind. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Rep. Walter Jones (R-N.C.) are pushing legislation to better ensure that a soldier’s best friend — the military working dog — is provided a good home and veterinary care in retirement. “These dogs are friends, compatriots, comrades in…

Saving Sergeant Rex

An upstate New York Marine is on a mission to save the dog that served alongside her in Iraq. Marine Corporal Megan Leavey of Rockland County, NY, is desperately trying to adopt Sergeant Rex, a German Shepherd military working dog. When Leavey served two tours in Iraq, the two were a team tasked with identifying…