FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. – Several teams of military working dogs and their assigned Mine Detection Dog handlers with 49th Mine Detection Dog Detachment, 5th Engineer Battalion, 4th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, trained with the National Guard rotary-winged flight crew here in order to keep their dogs familiar with the demands of flight…
BARSTOW, Calif. – Dogs are being used more and more in hospitals, senior citizen homes and retirement homes as therapy dogs to comfort and entertain them while passing the time. One American Bulldog is currently being trained to do just that…Samson, the two-year-old ‘son’ of William and Miriam Hemme, has spent numerous hours in training…
100 Years of German Shepherd Dogs in America to be celebrated at National Specialty Dog Show and WUSV World Trials Working Dog Championship October 6-20, 2013 Centennial Celebration of 100 years of German Shepherd Dogs in America Dream Park (Gloucester NJ) and PPL Park (Philadelphia PA) October 6-20, 2013 Philadelphia, PA–The top German…
Dog handlers have a new MOS. A new military occupational specialty, 31K, is opening for military police soldiers who serve as working dog handlers. Junior enlisted MPs in the ranks of private through nonpromotable specialist in MOS 31B who hold additional skill identifier Z6 automatically will be transferred to 31K on Oct. 1, 2014. A…
Military Working Dogs (MWD’s) have been used by the U.S. Military since World War I. Along with their volunteer handlers, the dogs are trained in teams as scouts, trackers, sentry, mine/booby-trap/tunnel and water detection of hostile forces. They have been used in WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf, Bosnia, Kosovo and now Afghanistan and…
“When a warrior arrives at our academy, they arrive on two legs; they leave on six.” -Shari Duval, President, K9s for Warriors More than two million soldiers have served in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. According to 2011 figures from the Department of Veterans Affairs, 476,515 veterans with primary or secondary diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) received…
On this week after Memorial Day it is important to remember all who have served this country for our freedom. War dogs are no exception. Dogs have been an important part of the United States military for decades. One even aided in the killing of Osama bin Laden. Military working dogs are trained to jump…
JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, – From the moment Staff Sgt. Brian Williams arrived at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center to begin his recovery, he had only one request. Carly. Williams was deployed from the 87th Security Forces Squadron when he suffered serious injuries after an improvised explosive device detonated while he was on a mission April 25,…
If the heat of a summer’s tour in Helmand is tough enough on the men and women serving there. Think how much worse it must be for the working dogs who face the same hazards and conditions as their human handlers. Read and View more:
Any dog owner would be hard pressed to find a bigger lover than Jukon. Or one more brave. The golden-black Belgian malinois is retired now and has his own chaise on which to lounge at the northwest Gainesville home of Judie and Richard Mindrum, along with seven cats as housemates. Read More: